Across
- 2. The science of classification from shared traits
- 4. A method of classification through shared derived characteristics
- 6. Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Family, Genus, Species
- 8. The evolution of similiar traits/characteristics from different ancestry
- 10. A shared framework of theories for progression
- 11. A tree diagram that shows evolutionary relationships and shared characteristics
- 13. A branch point of a cladogram
- 15. The most encomposing classification of organisms
- 16. A shared trait from a common ancestor
- 17. A most outer tip of the tree at the last node
Down
- 1. The study of physical form, specifically, anatomy
- 3. A technique that measures the splits in a cladogram through the accumulation of mutations
- 5. The transfer of genetic material between two distinct species through hybridization.
- 7. A species that serves as a branching point between two organisms(the connecting point of lineage)
- 8. A method of grouping that includes an ancestor and its descendants
- 9. A classifactory group
- 12. Features in two different species that share a common ancestor
- 14. The base of the cladogram, the most recent common ancestor
