Question: b. Draw the most parsimonious cladogram for the above taxa. Be sure to map all sven characters onto the tree. No Jaw CHAPTER 17


b. Draw the most parsimonious cladogram for the above taxa. Be sure to map all sven characters onto the tree. No Jaw CHAPTER 17 Cladistics and Taxonomy 215 NO JAW NO EYE TAIL PRESENT NOTAIL FIN PRESENT NO EYE NO TAIL FIN PRESENT TAIL PRESENT TAILPRESENT A c. Choose a node, circle it, and then rotate that node by drawing a second tree that shows identical phylogenetic relationships. NO STRIPED TAIL NO STRIDE NODE (C) NOSTRIPE STRIPE TAIL PRESENT CHAPTER 17 Cladistics and Taxonomy . d. Identify a monophyletic group based on your tree, circle it on your second tree (from item c), and identify the synapomorphy that unites that clade. Remember that a monophyletic clade includes the common ancestor in which the synapomorphy first evolved and all the descendants that arose from that ancestor.
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