ANS 282 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Genitourinary System, Notochord, Plant
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The word taxonomy comes from the greek words taxis = arrangement or division , and nomos = law or method. Taxonomy - (in biology) is the branch of biology that is concerned with naming, describing, and classifying all the living organisms, according to their characteristics and evolutionary history. It helps biologists to identify the millions of species that are on the planet: every species belongs to a certain group; once a group is recognized, this species will be named, fully described, and officially registered in the. Catalog of life: there are about 8. 5 +/- 1. 5 million species eukaryotic species on the planet. It helps to group organisms and connect them to each other which facilitates studying or conducting research on them: ex. The family equidae includes several species: horses, donkeys, zebras etc. , they are all share similar anatomically, physiologically, and respond similarly to most chemicals. He was the first to classify organisms over 2,000 years ago.
