determining evolutionary relationships

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analogous structure

When a characteristic that is similar occurs by adaptive convergence, and not because of a close evolutionary relationship. Ex: The wings of birds and insects

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molecular systematics

describes the use of information on the molecular level including DNA sequencing

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cladistics

a method for constructing phylogenetic trees

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clades

groups of organisms that are most closely related to each other and the ancestor from which they descended

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monophyletic group

a single clade

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shared ancestral character

a characteristic is found in all of the members of a group