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Systematics -> The study of biological diversity in an environmental context, encompassing taxonomy and involving the reconstruction of phylogenetic history. Explain why bird and bat wings are homologous as vertebrate forelimbs but analogous as wings.
History of Life (AP Biology) Evolutionary change above the species level. Examples of macroevoluntionary change include the origin of a new group of organism through a series of speciation events and the impact of mass extinctions on the diversity of life and its subsequent recovery.
Study Tip Homologous structures show evidence of relatedness. (whale fin, bat wing) Analogous structures are similar solutions to similar problems but do nol indicate close relatedness. (bird wing, butterfly wing) 8. Molecular systematics is a valuable tool used today to sort homology from analogy.
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In an experiment, rats averaging 300 g of body mass were tested several times over a three-month period. For each individual rat, urine was collected over a three-hour period after ingestion of 10 mL of liquid (water, 1 percent ethyl alcohol solution, or 5 percent ethyl alcohol solution).
