Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
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Chapter30: Fungi
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- Differentiate between synapomorphies, plesiomorphies, and homoplasies.
- Differentiate between monophyletic and paraphyletic or polyphyletic groups.
- Apply the principle of parsimony to phylogenetic hypotheses.
- Relate the fungi to the phylogeny of eukaryotes and endosymbiosis.
- Relate the evolution of characteristics like being a gasteromycete, coral
fungus , or gilled fungus to the patterns of character evolution in a phylogeny. - Describe some of the applications of phylogeny in science.
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