Key Terms Related to the Diversity of Life

Key Terms Related to the Diversity of Life

This text highlights key terms important for the study of the diversity of life.

Topics

  • analogous structure
  • binomial nomenclature
  • branch point
  • clade
  • cladistics
  • class
  • domain
  • family
  • genus
  • kingdom
  • maximum parsimony
  • molecular systematics
  • monophyletic group
  • order
  • phylogenetic tree
  • phylogeny
  • phylum
  • rooted
  • shared ancestral character
  • shared derived character
  • sister taxa
  • species
  • systematics
  • taxon
  • taxonomy