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Systematics and Classification

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homologous   show
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show lobe fin fishes including lobe fin fishes and tetrapods  
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show ray fin fishes  
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Most diversification in spiny ray fishes occurs in...   show
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Most diversification in soft ray fishes occurs in...   show
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Gnathostomata   show
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show group of organisms contains all descendants of common ancestor indicated by shared derived characters or synapomorphies  
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show a trait or attribute in systematics  
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show form of the character feature  
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show classification of organisms  
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Systematics is...   show
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show levels of classifications  
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taxa   show
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show parsimony analysis- produces max parsimony trees, developed by Hennig (1966) classification based on natural or monophyletic groups  
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synapomorphies   show
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show resemblance in groups that is derived independently convergent evolution a pattern; not an evolutionary process  
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