Foundations of Phylogenetics, Character Polarity, and Coevolution

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Unit 4 Evolution Study Guide Quizlet: https://quizlet.com/907432827/unit-4-evolution-exam-flash-cards/?i=1i0bdh&x=1jqt Questions: Active Recall Questions: 1. What are your two options for dealing with if there is character conflict? 2. What are the 3 criteria for determining character polarity? 3. What are characters, in terms of DNA? 4. What is the molecular method? 5. What are the three issues of phylogenetic inference and explain why for each. 6. What happens if we disregard a phylogeny? 7. Explain the pre-revolutionary vs evolutionary comparative method. 8. What is the method for assessing discrete characters? 9. What are the two caveats to the discrete character method? 10. Explain how to find adaptation contrast values. 11. What is character polarity? *** 12. When do we do weighted estimates? 13. Explain how size of branch pertains to ancestry? 14. Define coevolution. 15. What 2 interactions are coevolutionary? Name an example of both. 16. What are the other examples of interactions that we learned, but are not coevolutionary? 17. What is competitive displacement? 18. What are the 2 components of coevolution? Define them. 19. What is the need for cospeciation? 20. What is the...