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Classification
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Classification of Living Organisms Identified by traits Organize life’s diversity – Over 1.7 million species on Earth Taxonomy Naming and classifying organisms Scientific Nomenclature
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Carl Linnaeus 1750, the binomial nomenclature 2 word system that includes the genus and species Genus represents the “noun” Species represents the “adjective” Scientific name No two different species have the same name
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Rules for Using Scientific Names 2 latin or latin-like terms All members of the genus share the genus name Second term is descriptive, species Genus is capitalized and species lower case Both terms italicized or underlined
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Linnaean system Classified all plants and animals Organisms are grouped based on their similarities in their form and structure Eight basic levels of modern classification
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Domain Kingdom – encompasses large groups Phylum Class Order Family Genus – uniquely shared traits within a family Species – unique group of organisms united by heredity or interbreeding
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Humans Classification Domain Eukarya Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Mammalia Order Primates Family Homidae Genus Homo or Homo Species sapiens or sapiens
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Phylogenetics (Systemics) Ancestral relationships between species. Created a “family tree” that links ancestor and descendant across 1000s of generations Judging relatedness; grouping organisms by similarities can be subjective.
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Cladistics Analysis that infers ancestral relationship between species (phylogenetics) through comparison of shared characteristics Objective way to sort relatedness; – Morphology – molecular make-up – order and time of existence
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Illustrating Relationships Phylogenetic tree Constructing Cladograms – Organisms are grouped together through the identification of shared derived characteristic. Derived – evolved in one group but not in the other – All groups that arise from one point are related by a single ancestral lineage. Shared characteristics between different groups of organisms.
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Pg 429 in textbook
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Kingdoms and Domains pg 433 Carl Linnaeus had created a way to catalogue organisms with binomial nomenclature – Plants and Animals – Needed more detail From 2 to 6 kingdoms; – Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia Cell type, cell walls, body type, nutrition, and genetics Divided into 3 Domains; Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya
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Prokaryote or Eukaryote Archaea and Bacteria Eubacteria and Archaebacteria – No true nucleus or organelles – Unicellular, autotroph or heterotroph Eukarya Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia – Complex cells, true nucleus and organelles – Unicellular or multicellular – Heterotroph or autotroph – With or without cell walls (cellulose or chitin)
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