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Phylogenetic Systematics

. . Goals of Cladistic Analysis. To reconstruct the phylogenetic history of taxaTo recreate the true branching pattern of evolutionTo understand the evolutionary relationships between taxaNecessary for evolutionary study of taxa. . . . . . . monkey. . . ape. human. Cladogram. . . Vocabulary of C

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Phylogenetic Systematics

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    1. Phylogenetic Systematics aka Cladistics A Modern Approach to Reconstructing Phylogenetic History

    2. Goals of Cladistic Analysis To reconstruct the phylogenetic history of taxa To recreate the true branching pattern of evolution To understand the evolutionary relationships between taxa Necessary for evolutionary study of taxa

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