1. Classifications Tuesday 3/3/2015 Agenda: Cladograms
Notes: Cladograms and Phylogenetic Trees
Activity: Cladogram Practice
Homework/Class Work:
Cladogram Worksheet due Wednesday/Thursday 3/4-3/5/2015 for 20 Points

2. Building Family Trees
Phylogeny - Evolutionary history of an organism and its relationship to other species
Cladogram- Evolutionary lineage based on PHENOTYPES
Phylogenetic trees - Evolutionary lineage based on GENOTYPES

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Cladogram
Diagram showing how organisms are related based on shared / derived characteristics such as feathers, hair, or scales
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Cladogram vocabulary
1. Ancestral Character: A trait that evolved in a common ancestor.
Example: Between birds and mammals, the backbone is an ancestral character.
2. Derived character: A trait that evolved in the ancestor of 1 group, but not in another.
Example: Feathers; feathers evolved in an ancestor of birds that was not also ancestral to mammals
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Primate Cladogram
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6. Notebook Checks!!! Please take out your notebook check trackers!
Please write the following assignments in on your paper:
Cacti Picture and Questions (20 Points)
10 Examples of Natural Selection Questions (20 Points)
Classifications Foldable (10 Points)
Iceman Murder Mystery Worksheet (10 Points)
Anatomical Records Foldable (20 Points)
Total = 80 Points