lab 1 Flashcards
(22 cards)
taxonomy is
naming and categorization of life
hierarchal classification
binomial nomenclature
taxonomy includes _____ and _______ of organisms
nomenclature and classification
herarchy
DKPCOFGS
first part of name
genus
second part of name
specific ephiphet
morphological characteristics are based on
physical characteristics
term used to describe processes differentiating and identifying species
systematics
difference between taxonomy and systematics
taxonomy: discipline deals with naming and classification preserving
systematics: broad area studies evolutionary history
evolutionary history
phylogeny
determination of evolutionary history
systematics
what do leaves represent
taxon
node
where two branches meet
root
where all meet
represents only relationships
cladogram
phylogram
represents amount of differences
represents time
chronogram
ways to organize traits
pleisiopomorphic, synapomorphic, apophomorphic
plesiopomorphic
common ancestor
ancestor and all descendants
monophyletic
ancestor but not all descendants
paraphyletic
no common ancestor
polyphyletic