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Written Question Section: Name: This part of the test will be written on this paper, use the back if you need more room than the space provided. (10 pts + 1 pt extra credit) 11. Given the information provided in the character matrix below, construct a cladogram showing relationships among the taxa included. Taxa Character Bacteria Archaea Nucleariids Fungi Animals Charophyta (green algae) Choano flagellates Embryo - phytes (land plants) Cell membrane Histone proteins Nucleus & Mitochondria Chlorophyll a and Cuticle Posterior flagella Collagen a. Draw a cladogram that shows relationships among the taxa based on the characters included in the matrix. Taxa belong at the end of the branches, characters as hash marks on branches. (7 pts) See the next page for parts b&c

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ANSWER: From the character malreix given in the the cladegream showing relationships amory taxa can be brown as follows; question , various Charo - Embryo- Bacteria Nuclearids choane - flagellates Archala phyte. phytes? Nuclearis fungi fungi Animals "cuticle . Collagen a dorophyll posteriore Slagella. Nucleus & mitochondria, preoteins, histone cell membrane.