Taxonomy Flashcards

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taxonomy

A

science of classifying and naming organisms

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binomial nomenclature

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2 part format of scientific name of an organism (genus, capitalized and species epithet, lower case)

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3
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who developed binomial nomenclature

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carolus linnaeus

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4
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species

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group of related organisms

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5
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population

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members of same species in one location

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6
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viruses

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international committee of taxonomy in viruses determines formal name

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7
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variants

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sequence of differences that may have functional consequences

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8
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serotype

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differential recognition by immune system

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9
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carl worse

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greater of tree of life (bacteria, Arcaea, and eukaraya) look alike but different examined molecular data, domain bacteria and domain eukarya

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10
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Charles Darwin

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founder of evolutionary taxonomy

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11
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classification

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domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species (dynamite kindly professors cannot often fail good students)

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12
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plantae

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multi eukaryotic autotrophic - photosynthesizers

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anamania

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multi-eukaryotic, heterotrophic consumers

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14
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fungi

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multi eukaryotic - heterotrophic absorbers

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15
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Protista

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eukaryotic unit multi

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16
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eubacteria

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uni prokaryotic

17
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archaebacterial

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unicellular prokaryotic

18
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monophyletic groups

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common ancestors species and all its descendants

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clades

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give info about relationships based on descent from common ancestor

20
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shared derived characters

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traits shared by clade

21
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synamorphy

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characteristic present in an ancestral species and shared exclusively (in more or less modified form) by its evolutionary descendants.

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phylogeny

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illustration depicting hypothesis of evolutionary history

23
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taxon

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named classification unit to which individuals or sets species assigned

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topology

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branching pattern of a phylogenic tree

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homology

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the study of likeness

26
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vertebrate forelimbs

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used for different functions but have the same arrangement of bones (homologous) colored in the same way are and are labeled on the human arm

27
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analogous

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convergent evolution, not shared, not similar

28
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Lancelot

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the outgroup