lab 8 definitions

Question 1

branches

Answer 1

represent an evolutionary lineage leading to the taxon/ taxa at the end of the branch

Question 2

internal node

Answer 2

A hypothetical common ancestor from which two separate
evolutionary lineages have diverged.

Question 3

outgroup

Answer 3

A taxon with an evolutionary lineage that has diverged from the rest
of the taxa in the cladogram or phylogenetic tree.

Question 4

sister taxa

Answer 4

Separate groups of closely related organisms that share an
immediate common ancestor that is not shared by any other group.

Question 5

terminal node

Answer 5

Individual groups of organisms (taxa) with their own
independent evolutionary lineage.