UCONN Biol 1108 Exam Questions with
Correct Answers 2025
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Correct Answers 2025
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inWphylogeneticWtrees,WtheWpointWwhereWaWbranchWsplits,WrepresentingWtheWcommonWancestorWf
romWwhichWtheWdescendantWspeciesWdiverged
NodesWcanWbeWrotatedWwithoutWchangingW________________________W-WCORRECTWANSWERW-
evolutionaryWrelationships
PhylogeneticWtreesW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-provideWhypothesesWofWevolutionaryWrelationships
PhylogeneticsW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-theWstudyWofWevolutionaryWrelationshipsWamongWorganisms
TaxonomyW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-theWclassificationWofWorganisms
PhylogeneticWtreeW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-
aWdiagrammedWhypothesisWaboutWtheWevolutionaryWhistory,WorWphylogeny,WofWaWspecies
AWphylogeneticWtreeWisWaW______________________________WofWtheWevolutionaryWrelationship
sWamongWorganismsW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-reasonedWhypothesis
TheWsearchWforWsisterWgroupsWliesWatWtheWheartWofW_______________W-WCORRECTWANSWERW-
phylogenetics
,SisterWgroupsW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-
groupsWthatWareWmoreWcloselyWrelatedWtoWeachWotherWthanWeitherWofWthemWisWtoWanyWotherWgro
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MonophyleticWgroupW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-
includesWofWaWcommonWancestorWandWallWofWitsWdescendants
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ParaphyleticWgroupW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-
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TaxonomicWclassificationsWareW________________________WandW_______________________W-
WCORRECTWANSWERW-informationWstorage,WretrievalWsystems
ClassificationWhierarchyW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-
domain,Wkingdom,Wphylum,Wclass,Worder,Wfamily,Wgenus,Wspecies
ThreeWdomainsWofWlifeW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-Eukarya,WBacteria,WArchaea
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theWanatomical,Wphysiological,WorWmolecularWfeaturesWofWanWorganismWthatWvariesWamongWclosel
yWrelatedWspecies
, CharacterWstatesW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-
theWobservedWconditionWofWaWcharacter,WsuchWasWpresenceWorWabsenceWofWlungsWorWarrangemen
tWofWpetals
HomologousW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-
charactersWthatWareWsimilarWbecauseWofWdescentWfromWaWcommonWancestor
AnalogousW-WCORRECTWANSWERW-
similaritiesWdueWtoWindependentWadaptationWbyWdifferentWspecies
SharedWderivedWcharactersWenableWbiologistsWtoWreconstructW_______________________W-
WCORRECTWANSWERW-evolutionaryWhistory
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