Cladistics & Monophyletic groups? anyone seen this on DAT?

[Member 8586]

Anyone see cladistics questions with monophyletic, polyphyletic etc groups come up on the DAT? I never saw it before in KBB or Cliffs but it's come up a few times on Qvault so I don't know if I should learn it? If so, anyone have a good source?

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[ijk90825]

I've only seen it on qvault and maybe on destroyer, but I feel like there isn't much to learn? The only question they showed were distinguish which organisms have same ancestor according to the graph, isn't it? Or what function they share, so homologous or analogous structure questions.

 

[Sum Ting Wong]

I've heard that Qvault is harder than the actual DAT exams, so you may not see that type of question on the actual exam; however, just to be safe, I would look up the info in your bio textbook just to clarify. Better to be safe than sorry. You could also trying using wikipedia...

 

[TheDentist16]

Anyone see cladistics questions with monophyletic, polyphyletic etc groups come up on the DAT? I never saw it before in KBB or Cliffs but it's come up a few times on Qvault so I don't know if I should learn it? If so, anyone have a good source?

I had a few cladistic questions on my DAT exam. It was more along the lines of "Which belongs to the group _____ ?" and it listed a bunch of representative organisms (like flatworms, roundworms, flies, etc). I believe Qvault had a few questions on those. I would recommend brushing up on it using Cliff's.

 

[Member 8586]

I had a few cladistic questions on my DAT exam. It was more along the lines of "Which belongs to the group _____ ?" and it listed a bunch of representative organisms (like flatworms, roundworms, flies, etc). I believe Qvault had a few questions on those. I would recommend brushing up on it using Cliff's.

wouldnt those type of questions just be taxonomy...im comfortable with most taxonomy now, but not too sure how to read those cladograms lol