2. Draw the branches for the next phylogenetic tree using the matrix below and then map the traits like you did in the last example. Sharks and relatives Ray-finned fishes Amphibians Primates→ Rodents and rabbits → Crocodiles and relatives Dinosaurs and birds Bony Vertebrae? skeleton? Sharks and Relatives Ray Finned Fishes Amphibians Primates Rodents and Rabbits Crocodiles and Relatives Dinosaurs and Birds Four limbs? YES no no no YES YES no no YES YES YES no YES YES YES YES LYES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Amniotic egg? Hair? no no no YES YES no no 22222 no no no no Two post-orbital fenestrae? noo YES YES 1. Name the outgroup of this tree. 2. Name a pair of sister taxa 3. Are there any polytomies on this tree? 4. Name a derived trait for primates and rodents: 5. Name 4 ancestral traits for primates and rodents:Vertebrae, Bony Skeleton, Four Limbs, Amniotic

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2. Draw the branches for the next phylogenetic tree using the matrix below and then map the traits
like you did in the last example.
Sharks and relatives
Ray-finned fishes
Amphibians
Primates →
Rodents and rabbits →
Crocodiles and relatives
Dinosaurs and birds
Vertebrae?
Bony
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
YES
skeleton?
Sharks and Relatives
Ray Finned Fishes
Amphibians
Primates
Rodents and Rabbits
Crocodiles and Relatives
Dinosaurs and Birds
no
no
YES
no
YES YES
YES
YES
YES YES
YES
Four limbs?
no
no
no
YES YES
YES YES
YES
YES YES
Amniotic egg?
Hair?
no
no
no
YES no
2 2 2 2 2
YES
no
no
no
no
no
YES
YES
Two post-orbital
fenestrae?
1. Name the outgroup of this tree
2. Name a pair of sister taxa
3. Are there any polytomies on this tree?
4. Name a derived trait for primates and rodents:
5. Name 4 ancestral traits for primates and rodents: Vertebrae, Bony Skeleton, Four Limbs, Amniotic Eqa
Transcribed Image Text:2. Draw the branches for the next phylogenetic tree using the matrix below and then map the traits like you did in the last example. Sharks and relatives Ray-finned fishes Amphibians Primates → Rodents and rabbits → Crocodiles and relatives Dinosaurs and birds Vertebrae? Bony YES YES YES YES YES YES YES skeleton? Sharks and Relatives Ray Finned Fishes Amphibians Primates Rodents and Rabbits Crocodiles and Relatives Dinosaurs and Birds no no YES no YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Four limbs? no no no YES YES YES YES YES YES YES Amniotic egg? Hair? no no no YES no 2 2 2 2 2 YES no no no no no YES YES Two post-orbital fenestrae? 1. Name the outgroup of this tree 2. Name a pair of sister taxa 3. Are there any polytomies on this tree? 4. Name a derived trait for primates and rodents: 5. Name 4 ancestral traits for primates and rodents: Vertebrae, Bony Skeleton, Four Limbs, Amniotic Eqa
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