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Taxonomy. I. General Information. Definition: the study of classification. Why group things? Makes it easier to find information on an organism. Makes it easier to identify an organism. Shows evolutionary relationships. Taxonomy. Taxonomy.
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I. General Information • Definition: the study of classification. • Why group things? • Makes it easier to find information on an organism. • Makes it easier to identify an organism. • Shows evolutionary relationships.
Taxonomy The science of biological classification, by grouping organisms with similar characteristics.
Three Interrelated Parts of Taxonomy • Classification Arrangement into groups • Nomenclature Assignment of Names • Identification Determining Identity
Plantae Bacteria Fungi Algae Plants Two Kingdom System(Proposed by Aristotle)
Animalia Animals Protozoa Two Kingdom System
Problem with Aristotle’s Classification System: If it was green, it was a plant regardless of other features.
Five Kingdom System • Animalia • Plantae • Fungi • Protista • Procaryote/Monera
Animalia • Multicellular • Heterotrophs
Plantae • Multicellular • Photoautotrophs
Fungi • Absorptive Chemoheterotrophs • Decomposers
Protista • Unicellular • Autotrophic or Heterotrophic
Three Domain System(Difference in rRNA and Cell Wall in Procaryotic Organisms) • Domain Eukaryae All Eukaryotic Organisms • Domain Eubacteria True Bacteria and Cyanobacteria • Domain Archaea Ancient “Extreme” Bacteria
Taxonomic Hierarchy Domain (Carl Woese 1978) Kingdom Phylum/Division Class Order Family Genus Species
Carolus Linnaeus 1753 • Kingdom Through Species • Binomial Nomenclature • Bacillus subtilis • Bacillus subtilis • 3. Common/Descriptive Names • Tubercule Bacillus • Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Phenetic Classification • Based on Observable Characteristics.
Phylogenetic Classification • Genetic Similarity and Evolutionary Relatedness Reflects Genetic Similarity and Evolutionary Relatedness
Cladogram – constructed based on derived characters (ex. Segmentation, free swimming larvae)