Key Terms Related to Phylogenies and the History of Life
This text highlights key terms important for the study of organizing life on earth; determining evolutionary relationships; and perspectives on the phylogenetic tree. Advanced Placement® and AP® are trademarks registered and/or owned by the College Board, which is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, this textbook.
Topics
- analogy
- basal taxon
- binomial nomenclature
- branch point
- cladistics
- cladograms
- class
- eukaryote-first hypothesis
- family
- gene transfer agent (GTA)
- genome fusion
- genus
- horizontal gene transfer (HGT)
- kingdom
- maximum parsimony
- mitochondria-first hypothesis
- molecular systematics
- monophyletic group
- nucleus-first hypothesis
- order
- parsimony
- phylogenetic tree
- phylogeny
- phylum
- polytomy
- ring of life
- rooted
- shared ancestral character
- shared derived character
- sister taxa
- systematics
- taxon
- taxonomic classification system
- taxonomy
- web of life