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Keywords:
otu
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phylogenetic
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extant
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taxa
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taxon
Related Terms:
Cladistics
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Phylogeny
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Phylogenetic
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Taxon
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Phenetics
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Outgroup
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Ingroup
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Taxa
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Anagenesis
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Parsimony
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Cladogram
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Clade
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Maximum parsimony
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Taxonomic
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Taxonomist
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Paraphyletic
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Cladogenesis
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Order
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Taxonomy
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Phenogram
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Polyphyletic
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Stasis
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Systematics
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Rank
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Symplesiomorphy
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Macroevolution
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Monophyletic
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Phylogenetic tree
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Genus
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Genera
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Convergent evolution
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Type
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Monophyletic group
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Divergent evolution
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Bloodline
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Form
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Class
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Species
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Differentia
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Synapomorphy
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Lineage
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Phylum
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Ancestral
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Adaptive radiation
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Plesiomorphy
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Common ancestor
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Apomorphy
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Throwback
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Mosaic evolution
( OTU) Any of the extant taxonomic units under study.
workshop.molecularevolution.org
The definitions or names of the taxa included in a phylogenetic analysis.
ariel.minilab.bdeb.qc.ca
A group tentatively assumed to be a valid taxon for purposes of phylogenetic analysis.
mhhe.com
see OTU
ucmp.berkeley.edu
(OTU) One of the organisms being compared in a phylogenetic analysis.
big.mcw.edu
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