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Systematics and Classification

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homologous   two organisms have the same feature due to a common ancestor  
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Sarcopterygii   lobe fin fishes including lobe fin fishes and tetrapods  
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Actinopterygii   ray fin fishes  
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Most diversification in spiny ray fishes occurs in...   marine environment  
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Most diversification in soft ray fishes occurs in...   freshwater environment  
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Gnathostomata   Jawed fishes  
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Monophyletic   group of organisms contains all descendants of common ancestor indicated by shared derived characters or synapomorphies  
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Character   a trait or attribute in systematics  
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Character state   form of the character feature  
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Taxonomy is....   classification of organisms  
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Systematics is...   the phylogenetic relationships between organisms  
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Categories   levels of classifications  
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taxa   actual name of the organism  
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Phylogenetic Systematics   parsimony analysis- produces max parsimony trees, developed by Hennig (1966) classification based on natural or monophyletic groups  
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synapomorphies   shared derived characters that help describe differences between groups example; the presence of jaws  
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homoplasy   resemblance in groups that is derived independently convergent evolution a pattern; not an evolutionary process  
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