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NEET UG Living World — practice questions — page 3

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Why is the family of genus Homo named Hominidae, not Homidae?Read the answer and worked solution →A taxon that includes all descendants of one ancestral form isRead the answer and worked solution →A group from which some descendant groups have been removed isRead the answer and worked solution →Cladistics stemmed from the works of which German entomologist?Read the answer and worked solution →How many main ranks run from kingdom down to species?Read the answer and worked solution →A three-part animal name like Homo sapiens sapiens denotes aRead the answer and worked solution →

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Why is the family of genus Homo named Hominidae, not Homidae?

  1. Family stems need five letters
  2. Genitive hominis gives homin-
  3. Greek roots always insert -in-
  4. It honours an early taxonomist
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Correct answer: B. Genitive hominis gives homin-

The Latin genitive of homo is hominis, so the stem is homin- and the family is Hominidae.

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A taxon that includes all descendants of one ancestral form is

  1. Polytypic
  2. Monophyletic
  3. Polyphyletic
  4. Paraphyletic
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Correct answer: B. Monophyletic

A monophyletic taxon contains an ancestor and every one of its descendants.

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A group from which some descendant groups have been removed is

  1. Polytypic
  2. Paraphyletic
  3. Monophyletic
  4. Polyphyletic
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Correct answer: B. Paraphyletic

Removing some descendant groups from a lineage leaves a paraphyletic group.

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