HW#1
Across
- 6. The study of the evolutionary history of species
- 7. A trait that was present in the ancestor of a group
- 9. A trait found in a descendent that differed from the ancestral traits
- 10. evolution Independently evolved traits subjected to similar selection pressures many become superficially similar
- 11. The branch of biology that investigates relationships among species to understand the history of life
Down
- 1. Used to designate closest relative
- 2. The branch of biology that reconstructs the evolutionary history of species
- 3. A taxon that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor
- 4. Derived traits that are shared among a group and are viewed as evidence of the common ancestry of the group
- 5. principle The simplest explanation of observed the data is preferred explanation
- 8. Any group of species that we designate
- 12. The field devoted to the classification of organisms