18.1 Taxonomy
Taxonomy Naming and grouping organisms according to characteristics and evolutionary history Aristotle-first classification system Plant or animal group Plants-stem type animals-where they live Used common names Problems with this?
Carolus Linnaeus Grouped organisms by structure and form (morphology) Created a system of hierarchy Used taxon groups
General group-lots of organisms King Phillip came Over for great spaghetti Great way to remember order! Specific group/not many organisms Can produce fertile offspring
How do I remember Definitions for each word? Use the level after the word: Example-phylum is a group of similar classes Family is a group of genuses
Human grouping system You need to write this! Kingdom-Animalia Phylum-Chordata Class-Mammalia Order-primate Family-Hominidae Genus-Homo Species-Sapiens
Binomial nomeclature 2 word naming system Latin or Greek 1st name-genus; capitalized; can be abbreviated Homo sapiens= H. sapiens 2nd name-species; lowercase Must underline or italics
18.2 notes
Phylogeny Definition: Evolutionary relationships amongst organisms Form of evolutionary classification Create a phylogenetic tree More like a hypothesis Can change
How do we classify or place on tree? Fossil record Embryology Structure and form DNA and proteins
Cladistics Identifies and looks at only those characteristics that have arised in lineages over time Humans: walking upright Characteristics that appear in recent parts of a lineage and not in older members-derived characteristics Use to construct a cladogram Shows relationships Help understand independent evolution
Discuss at your table What is the connection between evolution and classification? How does genetics and protein synthesis connect with these two?