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1 What is a phylogenetic tree?

2 M. A. Norell et al., Science 317, 1378 -1381 (2007)

3 Dunn et al. 2008

4 Synapsids Ancestral amniote Reptiles Diapsids Archosaurs Saurischians Lepidosaurs Dinosaurs Parareptiles Turtles Crocodilians Pterosaurs Ornithischian dinosaurs Saurischian dinosaurs other than birds Birds Plesiosaurs Ichthyosaurs Tuatara Squamates Mammals Campbell & Reece textbook

5 Common ancestry models Pedigree –A depiction of the ancestry relations within populations –Net-like (reticulate) Phylogeny –A depiction of the ancestry relations between species –Tree-like (divergent)

6 Four plants connected to their parents parents offspring

7 past future

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9 Lineage-branching Speciation What happened here?

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11 Extinction

12 ABC The True History ABC A simplified representation Representation of phylogenies?

13 Some terms used to describe a phylogenetic tree Taxon (taxa) TipLeaf Internal branch Node Root


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