Question 1

Given the following list of characteristics:

Moss  Fen  Conifer  Flowering Plant  Chloropliyllis a&b Yes  Yes  Yes  Yes  Vascular tisste  No  Yes  Yes  Yes  Seeds  No  No  Yes  Yes  Flower:  No  No  No  Yes  \begin{array}{ll} & 	ext { Moss }& 	ext {  Fen }& 	ext {  Conifer  }& 	ext { Flowering Plant } \ 	ext { Chloropliyllis } a \& b & 	ext { Yes }& 	ext { Yes  }& 	ext { Yes  }& 	ext { Yes } \ 	ext { Vascular tisste } & 	ext { No  }& 	ext { Yes  }& 	ext { Yes  }& 	ext { Yes } \ 	ext { Seeds } & 	ext { No }& 	ext {  No }& 	ext {  Yes  }& 	ext { Yes } \ 	ext { Flower: } & 	ext { No }& 	ext {  No  }& 	ext { No  }& 	ext { Yes }\end{array}  Chloropliyllis a&b Vascular tisste  Seeds  Flower: ​ Moss  Yes  No  No  No ​ Fen  Yes  Yes  No  No ​ Conifer  Yes  Yes  Yes  No ​ Flowering Plant  Yes  Yes  Yes  Yes ​

Which of the following would be considered to be a synapomorphy of ferns, conifers, and flowering plants?

Accepted Answer

A)   chlorophylls a & b
B)   vascular tissue
C)   seeds
D)   flowers E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 2

The animals across are a lancelet, lamprey, salmon, lizard, and rabbit. Which synapomorphy is  common to the lizard and rabbit but not the salmon?

Accepted Answer

A)   Notochord.
B)   Vertebrae.
C)   Tetrapod.
D)   Mammary glands.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 3

What nucleotide change is a shared derived character for species A, B, and C, but not for species G?  
Note: A,T,G, and C refer to nucleotide bases, and the numbers refer to the position of the base in the nucleotide sequences. For example, A6 refers to an adenine at the sixth position.

Accepted Answer

A)   Changing the second G to an A is common to species A, B, and C, but not to species G.
B)   Changing the fifth T to a G is common to species A, B, and C, but not to species G.
C)   Changing the second G to a T is common to species A, B, and C, but not to species G.
D)   Changing the second G to an A and the fifth T to a G is common to species A, B, and C, but not to species G.
E)   None of these show a change in derived characteristics for A, B, and C that are not found in G.F) B) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 4

Alan Cooper, Cécile Mourer Chauviré, Geoffrey Chambers, Arndt von Haeseler, Allan Wilson and Svante Pääbo investigated the evolutionary relationship among some extinct and living species of flightless birds. They concluded that kiwis are more closely related to African and Australian flightless birds than they are to the moas. What hypothesis did they propose from this conclusion?

Accepted Answer

A)   That their data was incorrect and the sample from the museum was corrupted.
B)   That flightless birds only occurred once in New Zealand.
C)   That New Zealand was colonized twice by ancestors of flightless birds.
D)   That the South American species ancestors flew to New Zealand before the flightless mutation occurred.
E)   That the North American flightless bird originated from an ancestor of the New Zealand species.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

When species of a single large population slowly evolves over generations into a new species, this an example of

Accepted Answer

A)   adogenesis.
B)   cladogenesis.
C)   anagenesis.
D)   monospeciation.
E)   punctuated equilibrium.F) B) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 6

Alan Cooper, Cécile Mourer Chauviré, Geoffrey Chambers, Arndt von Haeseler, Allan Wilson and Svante Pääbo investigated the evolutionary relationship among some extinct and living species of flightless birds. They used tissue samples from museums and from living birds. This is an example of discovery-based science.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

In Figure 26.09 (above)  the animals across are a lancelet, lamprey, salmon, lizard, and rabbit. If the salmon, lizard, and rabbit are an ingroup, which animals above would be an outgroup and which  characteristics are necessary to be in the ingroup?

Accepted Answer

A)   Lamprey and lancelet; notochord and vertebrae.
B)   Lamprey only; vertebrae, hinged jaw, tetrapod, and mammary glands.
C)   Lancelet and lamprey; hinged jaw, tetrapod, and mammary glands.
D)   Lancelet, lamprey and salmon; hinged jaw, tetrapod, and mammary glands.
E)   Lizard and rabbit; tetrapod and mammary glands.F) A) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 8

Which of the following are commonly used to study phylogeny?

Accepted Answer

A)   Whole genomes because they are easy to obtain.
B)   Segments of membrane proteins because the proteins are encoded by DNA.
C)   Specific mRNA chloroplast sequences because they are found in the genomes of all living organisms.
D)   Small ribosomal subunit (SSU)  RNA because it is found in the genomes of all living organisms.
E)   None of these answers are correct.F) D) and E)
G) B) and E)

Question 9

Cladograms include in the phylogenetic tree shared primitive characters and shared derived characters. The derived characters can also be called ______ why the primitive characters can also be called __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   character states; symplesiomorphy
B)   symplesiomorphy; ingroup
C)   outgroup; synapomorphy
D)   synapomorphy; outgroup
E)   synapomorphy; symplesiomorphyF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 10

The evolutionary history of a species or group of species is called

Accepted Answer

A)   Draculoides bramstokeri.
B)   anagenology.
C)   cladonomy.
D)   taxonomy.
E)   phylogeny.F) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

A phylogenetic tree is actually a ____________ that depicts the evolutionary relationships among species.

Accepted Answer

A)   drawing
B)   hypothesis
C)   theory
D)   paraphylogy
E)   monophylogyF) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Exam 26: Taxonomy and Systematics

A phylogenetic tree is actually a ____________ that depicts the evolutionary relationships among species.

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Which of the following are commonly used to study phylogeny?

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When species of a single large population slowly evolves over generations into a new species, this an example of

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The animals across are a lancelet, lamprey, salmon, lizard, and rabbit. Which synapomorphy is common to the lizard and rabbit but not the salmon?

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What nucleotide change is a shared derived character for species A, B, and C, but not for species G? Note: A,T,G, and C refer to nucleotide bases, and the numbers refer to the position of the base in the nucleotide sequences. For example, A6 refers to an adenine at the sixth position.

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The evolutionary history of a species or group of species is called

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Cladograms include in the phylogenetic tree shared primitive characters and shared derived characters. The derived characters can also be called why the primitive characters can also be called ____.

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In Figure 26.09 (above) the animals across are a lancelet, lamprey, salmon, lizard, and rabbit. If the salmon, lizard, and rabbit are an ingroup, which animals above would be an outgroup and which characteristics are necessary to be in the ingroup?

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Exam 26: Taxonomy and Systematics

A phylogenetic tree is actually a ____________ that depicts the evolutionary relationships among species.

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Which of the following are commonly used to study phylogeny?

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When species of a single large population slowly evolves over generations into a new species, this an example of

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The animals across are a lancelet, lamprey, salmon, lizard, and rabbit. Which synapomorphy is common to the lizard and rabbit but not the salmon?

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What nucleotide change is a shared derived character for species A, B, and C, but not for species G? Note: A,T,G, and C refer to nucleotide bases, and the numbers refer to the position of the base in the nucleotide sequences. For example, A6 refers to an adenine at the sixth position.

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The evolutionary history of a species or group of species is called

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Cladograms include in the phylogenetic tree shared primitive characters and shared derived characters. The derived characters can also be called ______ why the primitive characters can also be called __________.

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In Figure 26.09 (above) the animals across are a lancelet, lamprey, salmon, lizard, and rabbit. If the salmon, lizard, and rabbit are an ingroup, which animals above would be an outgroup and which characteristics are necessary to be in the ingroup?

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Cladograms include in the phylogenetic tree shared primitive characters and shared derived characters. The derived characters can also be called why the primitive characters can also be called ____.

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