Predict how a hybrid zone will change over time based on the relative fitness of the hybrid
offspring compared to the parental population.
Interpret a phylogenetic tree, describe the meaning of its specific nodes and branches. Determine the evolutionary history of a trait using a phylogeny. Use the following terminology appropriately: homology, convergent evolution, analogy, clade, sister group, and synapomorphy Describe how a molecular clock works and use a molecular clock to date phylogenetic events. Describe how radioisotope dating works. Briefly describe the distinguishing organisms and major biological events of the pre-Cambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic and Cenozoic eras. Describe why fossils only give us a glimpse of the past? And why (and how) the fossil record is biased. Understand how carbon-14 dating works. Describe why oxygen is important for life on earth.