01:119:115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Carl Linnaeus, Epithet, Carnivora

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Biological Science
• Course: 01:119:115
• Professor: Daniel Stern Cardinale

Document Summary

Systematics: study of the diversity of organisms and their evolutionary relationships: taxonomy + phylogeny = systematics, taxonomy: study of describing, naming, and classifying different organisms, phylogeny: study devoted to looking at evolutionary relationships and history of organisms. Binomial nomenclature: developed by carlos linnaeus: name species with a unique two part name. Example: humans homo sapiens: basic unit = species, rules: Genus is capitalized + lower case specific epithet. Genus can be abbreviated h. sapiens, e. coli. Hierarchical classification: species = basic level of classification, hierarchy: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species. Taxon = group at any one level: each taxonomic level is more inclusive than the one below it . Domain includes more than kingdom, kingdom includes more than. Family = felidea short face and highly modified teeth. Order = carnivora teeth specifically for meat. Class = mammalia fur and produce milk. Phylogenetic tree: class includes more organisms than family, phylogenetic tree: branching diagram represents evolutionary history of.