Across
- 5. study of evolutionary history
- 7. Occam's razor
- 8. any group of species
- 10. reconstructs evolutionary history of species
- 12. group of primary interest
- 13. shared ancestral character
- 14. consistent node and branch arrangements
- 15. derived character
- 17. helps determine if trait if derived or ancestral
- 18. consists of all descendants of common ancestor
- 19. does not include common ancestor
Down
- 1. all descendants and common ancestor
- 2. devoted to classification of organisms
- 3. character
- 4. derived trait shared among group
- 6. branch point
- 7. does not include all descendants
- 9. features shared by two or more species, inherited from common ancestor
- 11. investigates relationships among species
- 16. independently evolved traits with similar selection pressures