Chapter 12

Distinguish between or among the following: category and taxon; monophyletic, polyphyletic, and paraphyletic; host and endosymbiont.

Explain the advantages that molecular techniques have over comparative morphology and anatomy in assessing phylogenetic relationships.

Describe the role of endosymbiosis in the origin of eukaryotic cells.

The life cycle of organisms that undergo sporic meiosis is referred to as an alternation of generations. Explain.