Clade

... Among other things, she explained that we should expect the same molecular divergence between all the modern organisms in two branching clades. For example, cyt c in amphibians and mammals should all be equally removed from fish, since they are part of the same branching clade from fish. ...

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A monophyletic group (also known as Clade , which means that " monophyletic clade " is a pleonasm) contains a common ancestor and ALL of its descendants. Sweet, now I get what a clade is! Cheers! :)

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... and monkey because of tail loss? Sorry i am not sure about these two Lemme know please :) Thanks 2) No, sorry. A monophyletic group (also known as Clade , which means that " monophyletic clade " is a pleonasm) contains a common ancestor and ALL of its descendants. If you take the deepest ...

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... http://i31.tinypic.com/ev9zj6.png 1) name the outgroup.... I think that would be FISH? 2) Draw a solid line around a monophyletic clade....I am having trouble with this one... 3)List the shared derived characters in order of evolution leading to humans. Would it be : leg, metabolism, ...

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... rhinosporidiosis was also found to be identical to those previously published. These molecular data all placed R. seeberi within the DRIP clade (DRIP: Dermocystidium, rosette agent, Ichthyophonus, and Psorospermium) Ragan et al. (1996). The DRIP clade, renamed as the class Ichthyosporea, ...

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