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What is the difference between derived trait and ancestral trait?
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Derived traits are traits that appeared in the most recent common ancestor of the group and was passed on to it's decedents.
Ancestral traits are inherited directly from the ancestor
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What is the definition of ancestral trait?
An ancestral trait is a trait shared by a group of organisms as a result of descent from a common ancestor.
What does ancestral trait mean?
a ancestral trait is a distinguishing feature that has been past on from a ancestor
What is a derived trait?
A derived trait is a trait that is new to an orginism
What is an example of a derived trait?
Ancestral traits were traits retained by a species from a common ancestor. Examples would be the wings on birds and five fingers on the human hand.
What causes a branch in a cladogram?
A new trait a derived trait
What is the type of trait shared with a common ancestor?
A trait shared with a common ancestor is called an inherited or ancestral trait.
Is a hemochorial placenta a derived trait of the primate semiorder haplorhini?
Yes it is a Derived trait because hemochorial placenta is not an ancestal trait.
What is the difference between a trait and a state?
They are spelled different
Derived characters are used to construct a cladogram?
Cladograms determine evolutionary relationships between organisms by examining shared derived characters. A cladogram is simply a diagram that illustrates the relationships among organisms.
What is a trait that is ancestral to all chordates?
A vertebral column. (a back bone)
What is a sentence with ancestral trait?
I'm fourth generation Australian, a volatile mixture of Italian, Irish and Scots ancestry.
What do the nodes in a cladogram represent?
it demonstrates freedom, liberty, and the persuit of happiness.
