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Making Cladograms

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Young scholars construct cladograms (evolutionary trees), showing how shared derived characters can be used to reveal degrees of relationship. They interpret and analyze cladograms, and determine where unclassified vertebrates would fit on a cladogram.

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evolution, the theory of evolution, phylogeny

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evolution, phylogeny, science
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Year
1996
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