1.2 Determining How Species Are Related

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What are homologous structures ?

  • Structures that have similar structural elements and origin but may have different functions

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What is a phylogenetic tree ?

  • branch diagram to show the relationships among species

  • 2 organism may have some characteristics that are the same as well as have a common ancestor

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What is DNA evidence ?

  • its when DNA carries information to compare DNA to how closely organisms are related

  • the more similar patterns found in DNA between species are more closely related

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What is Physiology ?

  • The study of functioning of organisms ( how they work )

  • comparing proteins can help determine how related different species are.