Today, taxonomists group organisms based on shared evolutionary history, reached by constructing a phylogeny to identify the shared evolutionary history. Complete the following paragraph to describe the Linnaean classification hierarchy. Some choices may be used more than once.
Leopards are more closely related to turtles than to salamanders. Turtles are more closely related to salamanders than to tuna. The organism most closely related to the lancelet is the lamprey. Tuna are less related to turtles than to lamprey.
The cell cycle has two major phases: interphase and the mitotic phase (Figure 1). During interphase, the cell grows and DNA is replicated. During the mitotic phase, the replicated DNA and cytoplasmic contents are separated, and the cell divides. Figure 1. The cell cycle consists of interphase and the mitotic phase.
When new organisms evolve, a (n) lineage will diverge and form a new path. Some traits, such as ancestral traits are not useful in the construction of a (n) phylogeny. These traits are those that are found in a common ancestor. Other traits, such as derived traits are useful in the construction of a (n) phylogeny.