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| the study and classification of species |
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| a group of closley related organisms capable of breding in nature to produce fertile offspring |
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offspring produced by the breeding of differnt spces
often sterile
e.g. mule |
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a group of related species
e.g. digs, cayotes, wolves belong to different species: genus canis |
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a group of related genera
e.eg. fox and dog family canidae |
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a group of related families
e.g. god, cat, bear(distinctive anatomy flesh eaters): order carnivora |
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a group of related orders
e.g. human, dog, squirrel:class mammalia |
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a group of related classes
phylum: animals
division: plants |
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| a group of related phylar or division |
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plants(stem structure)
animals(air, land, H20) |
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| plants and animals by morphology-structure-fxn |
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genus species
e.g. homo sapiens |
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| characteristis to classify organisms |
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-structure+function-morphology
-prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic
-autotroph vs. heterotroph
-secual vs. asexual reproduction
-biochemistry(BNA, RNA, protein)
evolutionary relationships |
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| likeness in form as a result of evolution from the same ancestors |
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-unicellular
-lack membrane enclosed organelles
-lack a nucleus
-asexual reproduction-binary fision |
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DNA organized into chromosomes in the nucleus
-nuleus is membrane-enclosed
contain membrane bound organelles
-larger then pro-some have cell walls |
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1.Aristotle-2 kingdoms
2. Linnaeus- same
3. 5 kingdoms
4. 6 kingdoms
5. Domains |
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eubacteria
archaebacteria
plantae
animalia
fungi
protista |
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| Kingdoms plantae, animalia, fungi and protista |
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prokaryotes(unicellular)
hetero and autotropic
affect our health:tooth decay,food poisoning, food spoliage |
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prokaryotes
resemble first orgamisms on the earth
many live in harsh environments
heterotrophic and autotrophic (produce fod by chemosynthesis)
anaerobic
unique structure |
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autotrophic
multicellular
cellulose-containing cell walls |
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heterotrophic
multicellular
mast are motile
sexual reproduction |
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heterotrophs
most are multicellular
decomposers
e.g. yeast, mold, mushrooms
cell wall chitin |
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most are unicellular
producers, consumers, decomposers
e.g. algae (plant-like), protozoa (animal-like,slime molds)(fungus-like)
euglena |
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organized in context of evolutionaty history cladistics
uses sharded derived characters to decuce evolutionary history |
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fossil
morphology-homologous structures
embrology
biochemistry-DNA RNA AA |
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| feature that only evolved with in aparticular group e.g. feathers |
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