Both the Process of Reconstructing Phylogenies and Mapping Traits onto Phylogenies

question 35

Essay

Both the process of reconstructing phylogenies and mapping traits onto phylogenies can allow scientists to generate hypotheses. What kind of hypotheses does each of these processes generate?

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Definitions:

Checks and Balances

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Two-Thirds Vote

A decision-making process requiring the approval of two-thirds of the members present and voting in a legislative body or other organization.

State Legislatures

These are legislative bodies in each of the United States responsible for making state laws.

Bill of Rights

The first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1791, guaranteeing such rights as the freedoms of speech, assembly, and worship.