Systematics/Classification of a Phylogenetic Tree

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Across
  1. 1. The study of evolutionary history of species
  2. 2. The best explanation fits the data with fewest assumptions
  3. 6. Structure of the tree where the order of descendants can be rearranged and the tree isn't affected
  4. 7. Reconstruction of the evolutionary history of species
  5. 8. Investigation of relationships between species to understand the history of life
  6. 12. derived traits that are shared among a group and are viewed as evidence of common ancestry
  7. 13. Term for similar traits BUT developed independently (originally known as analogous trait)
Down
  1. 1. Present in the ancestor of group (other word for ancestral trait)
  2. 3. Most recent common ancestor
  3. 4. The branching point of common ancestor
  4. 5. ALL descendants of common ancestor
  5. 9. Classification of Organisms
  6. 10. Trait found in descendant but differs from the ancestor trait (other word for derived trait)
  7. 11. The closest of Relatives