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Terms in this set (9)

phylogeny
the study of evolutionary relationships among organism
evolutionary classification
method of grouping organisms together according to their evolutionary history
Derived Character
Characteristics that appear in recent parts if lineage, but not in its older members
Cladogram
Diagram that shows the evolutionary relationships among a group of organisms
molecular clock
model that uses DNA comparisons to eliminate the length of time that two species have been evolving independently
gene pool
combined genetic information of all the members of a particular population
relative frecuencey
number of times an allele occurs in a gene pool compared with the number of times another allele occurs
single gene trait
trait controlled by a single gene that has two alleles
polygenic trait
trait controlled by two or more genes
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