Zeitschrift für forensische Forschung

Homologous Relations in Muscle Forms as a Result of Phylogeny between Reptiles and Man: A Review

Abstract

Oghenefego Michael Adheke*

The  biological  diversity  of  vertebrates  is  uniquely  significant  to  the  concept  of  phylogeny. Phylogeny is a branch of evolutionary biology that studies the evolutionary relationships between certain organisms. Reptiles and mammals are said to share the same evolutionary ancestry called the amniotic-egged ancestor. This ancestor is divided into two groups; sauropsids (reptiles) and the synapsids (mammals). According to some authors, the broadest group of the reptilian family is the sub-class Squamata. Examples of animals within this sub-class include, lizards, crocodiles, snakes and amphisbaenians [1]. However, man (Homo sapiens) belonging to the primate class, are the most intelligent and complex of all mammals.