Question 1

Whose scientists first identified two forms of the mosquito "species"?

Accepted Answer

A)   American
B)   French
C)   British
D)   DutchE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 2

What did Linnaeus use to classify organisms?

Accepted Answer

A)   their evolutionary similarities
B)   their morphological similarities
C)   their physiological similarities
D)   their genetic similaritiesE) None of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Which of these statements best describes a paraphyletic taxon?

Accepted Answer

A)   includes species from different evolutionary lineages
B)   includes an ancestral species and all its descendants
C)   includes an ancestral species and only some of its descendants
D)   includes only the ancestral speciesE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Whose researcher first reported variation in mosquitoes?

Accepted Answer

A)   French
B)   Dutch
C)   American
D)   BritishE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 5

Match each of the following terms with its definition or description.
-a derived character state found in two or more species

Accepted Answer

A)  monophyletic taxon
B)  polyphyletic taxon
C)  paraphyletic taxon
D)  homology
E)  convergent evolutionF) homoplasyG) phylogenyH) apomorphyI) synapomorphyJ) outgroupK) A) and J)
L) H) and I)

Question 6

What does molecular phylogenetic analysis help to pinpoint that is helpful to public health workers?

Accepted Answer

A)   the countries of infectious diseases' origins
B)   the cure for infectious diseases
C)   the causes of infectious diseases
D)   the origins of infectious diseasesE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 7

Which taxon includes an ancestor with some of its descendants?

Accepted Answer

A)   monophyletic
B)   paraphyletic
C)   polyphyletic
D)   both monophyletic and polyphyleticE) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 8

Which of the following can be useful when understanding the potential relationship between animal species that are not morphologically distinct?

Accepted Answer

A)   physiological characteristics
B)   evolutionary analysis
C)   genetics analysis
D)   behavioural characteristicsE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Exam 19: Systematics and Phylogenetics: Revealing the Tree of Life

Which taxon includes an ancestor with some of its descendants?

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Which of the following can be useful when understanding the potential relationship between animal species that are not morphologically distinct?

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Whose scientists first identified two forms of the mosquito "species"?

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What did Linnaeus use to classify organisms?

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Whose researcher first reported variation in mosquitoes?

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Which of these statements best describes a paraphyletic taxon?

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Match each of the following terms with its definition or description. -a derived character state found in two or more species

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What does molecular phylogenetic analysis help to pinpoint that is helpful to public health workers?

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Exam 19: Systematics and Phylogenetics: Revealing the Tree of Life

Which taxon includes an ancestor with some of its descendants?

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Which of the following can be useful when understanding the potential relationship between animal species that are not morphologically distinct?

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Whose scientists first identified two forms of the mosquito "species"?

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What did Linnaeus use to classify organisms?

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Whose researcher first reported variation in mosquitoes?

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Which of these statements best describes a paraphyletic taxon?

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Match each of the following terms with its definition or description. -a derived character state found in two or more species

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What does molecular phylogenetic analysis help to pinpoint that is helpful to public health workers?

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