BIOL 1202 : BIOL 1202 Exam 2 Notes
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Chapter 26 phylogeny and the tree of life: phylogeny: the evolutionary history of a species or a group of related species, systematics: an analytical approach to understanding the diversity and relationships of organism. Concept 26. 1: phylogenies show evolutionary relationships: taxonomy: the ordered division of organisms into categories based on a set of characteristics used to asses similarities and differences. Binomial nomenclature (carolus linnaeus: the two part format of the scientific name of an organism, the binomial name consists of, genus and species, always written in different font from the surrounding words. Italics, underlined, etc: genus is always capitalized; species is always lowercase, ex: homo sapiens. Hierarchical classification: linnaeus also introduced the system for grouping species in increasingly broad categories, keep pipes clean of gas, kindly professors cannot often fail good students, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species, figure 26. 3 (jaguar classification)
