Diagramming Diversity II

Learn to explain how a phylogenetic tree, or cladogram, is used to classify living organisms based on inherited similarities, and how it relates to other methods of hierarchical classification.
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Subject(s): Science
Grade Level(s): 9, 10, 11, 12
Intended Audience: Students
Keywords: classification of living things, diversity of life, Linnaean system, cladogram, evolutionary tree, descent with modification, classification, homology, Hennig
Instructional Component Type(s): Original Student Tutorial
Resource Collection: Original Student Tutorials Science - Grades 9-12

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Contributed by: David McNutt
Name of Author/Source: David McNutt
District/Organization of Contributor(s): Florida State University
Access Privileges: Public

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