5.4 Cladistics Questionbank

I only

IV only

I and III only

II, III and IV only

All the autotrophs and heterotrophs living in a certain area

Individuals belonging to the same species in a certain area

Two geographically isolated groups belonging to the same species

A group of different species living in the same area at the same time

The appearance was too dissimilar.

The plants are found in different locations.

The genera were different.

The DNA sequences indicated different ancestry.

The closest species to K. platyops is africanus.

Afarensis is extinct.

The DNA of H. sapiens is the same as that of H. ergaster.

H. sapiens and P. robustus shared a common ancestor.

The closest species to K. platyops is africanus.

afarensis is extinct.

The DNA of H. sapiens is the same as that of H. ergaster.

H. sapiens and P. robustus shared a common ancestor.

The closest species to K. platyops is africanus.

afarensis is extinct.

The DNA of H. sapiens is the same as that of H. ergaster.

H. sapiens and P. robustus shared a common ancestor.

Cladistic analysis shows the differences in flower structure to be fewer than the shared similarities.

DNA analysis shows the similarities in flower shape to be a product of convergent evolution.

DNA analysis shows some of the families to have suffered recent mutations in only one gene.

DNA analysis shows the similarities between the seed dispersal strategies to be a product of divergent evolution.

Body parts in different animals produced by the same gene

Structures that have a similar function but a different origin

A modification of the same structure in different animals

Structures found as part of the fossil record

I and IV

II and III

II and IV

III and IV