Clade: A group consisting of an ancestor and ALL its descendants.
Synapomorphy: A shared derived characteristic defining a clade.
Outgroup: The lineage that diverged earliest (e.g. Lancelet).
Tags
evolutioncladisticsphylogenycommon ancestor
Cladogram Evaluation Engine
Drag and drop Organisms to the top endpoints, and Traits to the main branch nodes.
Organism Bank
Derived Traits Bank
Instructions: Drag items from the banks into the dashed drop zones on the visual tree. Organisms go at the terminal ends (top). Traits go on the internodes (diagonal trunk line).