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BIO-251 BioSeminar
BIO-301 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
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"What is cladistics?"- FossilNews
"Phylogenetic Systematics"- Understanding Evolution at University of California Museum of Paleontology
Pay particular attention to sections on phylogentic classification (what it is) and the process of cladistics (character) analysis and the building of cladograms (pay attention to the examples at the end of the tutorial).For later this week:
More University of California Museum of Paleoontology:
Deuterosomia, Hemichordata, Chordata, Urochordata, Cephalochordata, Vertebrata- note that the discussion is about extant representatives; do pay attention to the scant discussion of fossil forms
Next stop will be the the diversity and evolutionary history of vertebrates
BIO-315 Animal Behavior
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