Quick 10Q: Phylogeny

Based on the data given in the table, which two are most closely related?

• Human & Gorilla

• Gorilla & Orangutan

• Human & Chimpanzee

• Chimpanzee & Orangutan

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Based on the given cladogram, which organism is the outgroup?

• human

• chimpanzee

• gorilla

• orangutan

• gibbon

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Based on the figure, which organism is most closely related to the polar bear?

• black bear

• european brown bear

• western north american brown bear

• asian brown bear

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Based on the figure, how long ago was the common ancestor of the European Brown Bear and the Asian Brown Bear?

• 4.5 hundreds of thousands of years ago

• 3.5 hundreds of thousands of years ago

• 2.2 hundreds of thousands of years ago

• 1.4 hundreds of thousands of years ago

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Which evidence would be the most accurate when developing a cladogram?

• morphological

• molecular

• ecological

• fossil

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Based on the figure, which organism is most closely related to A. forsteri?

• E. ferus

• D. polylepis

• G. gallus

• E. africanus

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Based on the figure, which organism would be considered the outgroup?

• E. ferus

• D. polylepis

• G. gallus

• E. africanus

• A. forsteri

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Based on the figure, which organism is most closely related to E. africanus?

• E. ferus

• D. polylepis

• G. gallus

• E. africanus

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Based on the figure, which three organism are closely related?

• cat, horse, human

• cat, horse, pig

• cow, horse, human

• cow, horse, pig

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Based on the figure, which two organisms are closely related?

• cat & human

• cat & cow

• human & pig

• human & horse

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