Everything Pt2 Flashcards
(16 cards)
Allopatric isolation is the same as
Geographic isolation
What is Taxonomy
The practice of classification
Taxonomic Schemes
Composed of taxa (singular classification)
Phylogenetics
Study of evolutionary relatedness
Phylogenetics (tree): Cadistics
Shared common ancestor
Phylogenetics (tree): Phenetic
External features (Morphology)
Anagenesis
Same trait changed
Nomendature
To name an organism
Who made Binomial nomenclature
Linneieus, Names are in Latin
Hierarchy (8)
Domain , Kingdom
Division (Plants) / Phylum (Animals), Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Linneus
two kingdom system
Plantae, animalia
Whittaker
five kingdom system
Monera, protesita, fungi, plantae, animalia
Woese (6)
six kingdom system
Eu-bateria, archae bacteria, prostista, fungi, plague, animalia
Woese (3)
three domain system
Bacteria, archaea, eukarya
Punctuated Equilibrium
Species stay mostly the same for long periods, but then suddenly change in short bursts. Instead of evolving gradually over millions of years, species might remain stable for a long time and then quickly adapt due to environmental shifts or other factors.
What is disruptive mean?
Favoring both extreme alleles FF and ff NOT Ff