BIO120H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Willi Hennig, Carl Linnaeus, Binomial Nomenclature
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July 1837: began his notebook on the transmutation of species. 3(cid:1011): he (cid:449)rote (cid:862)i thi(cid:374)k(cid:863) a(cid:271)o(cid:448)e his (cid:1005)st evolutionary tree (only figure in his book. Carolus linnaeus: the (cid:862)father(cid:863) of ta(cid:454)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455, binomial nomenclature consisting of a genera and species name, hierarchical system of classification: Purpose of a biological classification: name is a key to the literature on an organism, therefore has predictive power, enables interpretations of origins and evolutionary history. Taxon: a named taxonomic unit at any level (plural = taxa) Taxonomy: the theory and practice of classification, all about naming. Systematics: the study of biodiversity and the evolutionary relationships among organisms, broader concept* (cid:272)hools of ta(cid:454)o(cid:374)o(cid:373)(cid:455): philosophi(cid:272)al (cid:449)ars of the (cid:858)(cid:1011)(cid:1004)s & (cid:858)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)s: 2 groups of people who had different viewpoints on how best to classify life, almost a full-out war, phenetics. The (cid:858)(cid:1012)(cid:1004)s losing faith: prof. barrett, sees the light and converts to cladistics, prof. wolfe (georgia southern, remains agnostic, prof. Shore (york university: hangs on to phonetics.
