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Class: Zoology

Date: October 8, 2003

Unit: Phylogeny

Lesson Topic: Cladistics: Phylogenetic Systematics

Objectives

The student will learn the difference between traditional classification and cladistic

classification, and why cladistic classification is preferred by modern biologists.

The student will learn about monophyletic, paraphyletic and polyphyletic taxa, and why

proper clades can only be monophyletic.

The studnt will learn how a cladogram illustrates an evolutionary hypothesis and makes

predictions about evolutionary events. (i.e. the scientific method)

The student will learn how cladograms depict relationships between taxa, and represent

a “family tree” of life.

The student will learn how to construct a cladogram from morphological data

Instructional techniques

Lecture, Cladogram construction activity

Instructional material

Powerpoint projector/computer

Content

Instructor will use a powerpoint presentation to introduce objectives 1-4.

Instructor will guide students as a group through cladogram activity, leaving incomplete work as

homework.

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