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20.1 Taxonomy
  • Each known species has been given a binomial name consisting of the genus and specific epithet.
  • Species are distinguished on the basis of structure and reproductive isolation. This chapter stresses reproductive isolation.
  • Classification usually involves the assignment of species to a genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, and domain (the largest classification category).
  1. Classification of organisms is usually based on what?
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  2. Explain the binomial system of naming organisms?
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  3. What is the biological definition of species?
    Answer
  4. What are the categories of classification used today and how do they differ between plants and animals?
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 Essential Study Partner Summaries of major points:
  1. Taxonomy is the branch of biology concerned with identifying and naming organisms
  2. The binomial system
  3. What is a species?
  4. Classification categories
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20.2 Phylogenetic Trees
  • Systematics encompasses both taxonomy (the naming of organisms) and classification (placing species in the proper categories).
  • The fossil record, homology, and molecular data are used to decide the evolutionary relatedness of species.
  1. What is the difference between primitive and derived characters?
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  2. What is convergent evolution?
    Answer
  3. The independent development of similar characters in related lineages is called ________________.
    Answer
  4. What is DNA hybridization and what can it be used for?
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 Essential Study Partner Summaries of major points:
  1. Systematics is the study of the diversity of organisms using information from cellular to population levels.
  2. The fossil record
  3. Homology
  4. Molecular data
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20.3 Systematics Today
  • There are three main schools of systematics: cladistic, phenetic, and traditional systematics.
  1. What is a clade?
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  2. Are cladograms and other phylogenetic trees considered to be hypotheses? Explain.
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Summaries of major points:
  1. Cladistic systematics
  2. Phenetic systematics
  3. Traditional systematics
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20.4 Classification Systems
  • The five-kingdom system contains these kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Fungi, and Animalia.
  • The three-domain system recognizes three domains: Bacteria, Archaea, and Eukarya. The domain Eukarya contains the kingdoms Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.
  1. What are the major characteristics that were used to place organisms into a kingdom in the 5-kingdom classification system?
    Answer
  2. What was the major discovery prompting a three-domain classification system and what is contained within each domain?
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 Essential Study Partner Summaries of major points:
  1. Naming the kingdoms
  2. Three-domain system
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