1
Q
monophyletic group
A
all descendants and common ancestor
2
Q
paraphyletic group
A
one ancestor some descendants not all
3
Q
polyphyletic group
A
multiple ancestors and some or all descendants
4
Q
homoplasy
A
“plastic fake”
not homology instead an example of convergent evolution. whene taxa develop similar traits but not from shared ancestry
5
Q
homolgy
A
similarities due to shared ancestry
6
Q
convergent evolution
A
no common ancestor but similar traits developed
7
Q
divergent evolution
A
species from shared ancestry develop diferent traits
8
Q
derived traits
A
not triats from ancestor but due to mutations in descendants
