BIOL 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Binomial Nomenclature, Carl Linnaeus, Phylogenetic Tree
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Taxonomy human construct; the science of grouping and naming organisms. Classification the grouping of information or objects based on similarities. Organism any living thing including; plants, animals, fungi and bacteria. Phylogeny the evolutionary history of an organism. Phylogenetic tree a depiction of evolutionary history of an organism or group of organisms in the form of a tree diagram. Protista: single celled eukaryotic (nucleus in double cell membrane, organism may resemble an animal or plant. Animal like protista: amoebas, zooflagellates and ciliates. Plant like protista: diatoms and algae. Described organism with two words instead of polynomials. Developed binominal nomenclature: first word = genus name, capitalized, second word = species name, lowercase. Class chordata contains the following classes; aves, mammalia, Order mammalia has the following orders; rodentia, primates, Family carnivora has the following families; canidae, felidae. Genus felidae has the following genus; felis, panthera. Dumb king philip came over for green soup.
