Given the following description of plants and fungi, select the possible phylogenetic trees (check all that apply). Pinus ponderosa - a land plant that occupy mountainous regions of northwestern United States. They have "naked" seeds. Passiflora edulis - a land plant that is found in tropical and subtropical areas. The flowers have a beautiful coloration of purple and white. Their seeds are enclosed within the fruit they produce which is passionfruit. Penicillium claviforme - used as a source for antibiotics, it is an organism that contain: filaments called hyphae. Contains a chitin wall. Polytrichum juniperinum - small plant with no vascular system found in humid areas A P. ponderosa P. edulis P. claviforme B P. ponderosa P. juniperinum P. edulis

The history and science of origin and evolution comprise two events, the beginning of life and expansion of life. Our earth originated about 4.5 billion years ago. The term evolution is derived from two Latin words and means the act of unfolding or unrol…

Cladistics is a technique in the classification of organisms, where they are grouped into different clades. The proof for the relationships that are hypothesized is based on the shared derived characteristics known as synapomorphies. These characteristic…

Outgroups are significant in studying cladistics or phylogenetics (that describe the evolutionary relationship between different organisms). Further, it is also important to understand the differences and similarities between different organisms.

It is the branch of biology that works with the identification of organisms at first, then naming, and classification of them into phenetic or phylogenetic groups (a classification system). In other words, it is the scientific study of biological diversi…

Phylogenetics is the scientific study of how various groups of organisms are related at the evolutionary level. It finds the relationship between various organisms based on their evolutionary similarities and differences. It is a part of the taxonomy. Al…