10 - Classification and evolution Flashcards
classification systems - taxonomic
Kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species
why do scientist classify organisms
- to identify species
- to predict characteristics
- to find evolutionary links
how are organisms classified?
- begins by separating organism into the three domains archaea, bacteria and eukarya
- s move down the groups there are fewer organisms in each, they become more similar and share more characteristics
species
- contains only one type of organisms
- a group or organisms that are able to reproduce to produce fertile offspring
how to name organism
binomial nomenclature
Genus species
the five kingdoms
- prokaryotae (bacteria)
- Protoctista (unicellular eukaryotes)
- Fungi (yeast, mould and mushrooms)
- Plantae (the plants)
- Animalie (the animals)
Prokaryotae
- prokaryotes
- unicellular
- no nucleus or other membrane bound organelles
- small ribosomes - naked DNA
- no visible feeding mechanism - nutrients absorbed through the cell wall or produced by PHS
- Staphylococcus aureus
Protoctista
- mainly unicellular
- eukaryotes
- a nucleus and membrane bound organelles
- some chloroplasts
- some are sessile, other move by cillia, flagella or by amoeboid mechanisms
- nutrients acquired by PHS of by ingestion of other organisms
- Amoeba and paramecium
Fungi
- eukaryotes
- uni or multicellular
- a nucleus and membrane bound organelles and a cell wall made of chitin
- no chloroplast or chlorophyll
- no mechanism for locomotion
- most have a body or mycelium made of threads of hyphae
- nutrients acquired by absorption - mainly form decaying material (saprophytic)
- store food as glycogen
- mushrooms, mould and yeast
plantae
- eukaryotes
- multicellular
- a nucleus and membrane bound organelles like chloroplasts and a cell wall made of cellulose
- contains chlorophyll
- most don’t move but gametes can by cillia or flagella
- nutrients from PHS
-store food as starch
Animalia
- eukaryotes
- multicellular
- nucleus and membrane bound organelles
- no cell wall
- no chloroplast
- move with cillia, flagella or contractile proteins
- nutrients form ingestion
- store food as glycogen
what is the Three Domain System
- organisms are classified into 3 domains and 6 kingdoms based on differences in nucleotides in rRNA, membrane lipid structures and sensitivity to antibiotics
- Eukarya, Archaea and bacteria
Domain -> kingdom
Bacteria - > eubacteria
Archaea -> archaebacteria
Eukarya -> protoctista, plantae, fungi and animalia
Eukarya
- 80s ribosomes
- RNA polymerase contains 12 proteins
archaea
- 70s ribosomes
- RNA polymerase have between 8 to 10 proteins and are similar to eukaryotic ribosome
Bacteria
- 70s ribosomes
- RNA polymerase contains 5 proteins
archaebacteria
- can live in extreme environments
- like hot thermal vent, anaerobic conditions and highly acidic conditions
Eubacteria
‘true bacteria’
phylogeny
- evolutionary relationships
- shows how related organisms are
evidence for evolution
- palaeontology - study of fossils
- comparative anatomy - study of similarities and differences between anatomy
- comparative biochemistry- similarities and differences between the chemical makeup of organism
Fossils
formed when animal and plant remains are preserved in rocks
- over time sediment on the earths surfaces forms layers (strata) of rock
- different layers correspond to different geological era, so can show how organisms change over time
evidence provided by the fossil record
- fossils of the simplest organisms like bacteria are found in the oldest rocks. More complex ones are found in recent rocks, SO simple life forms gradually evolved over a long time into something more complex
- sequence in how organisms are found matches their ecological links to each other
- similarities in anatomy of fossils show how closely related organisms have evolved from the same ancestor
comparative anatomy
the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different living species
Homologous structures
- a structure that appears superficially different in different organism, it has the same underlying structure
- they have evolved from a common ancestor and the structure has evolved from the same structures
- it is evidence for divergent evolution
-> how from a common ancestor, different species have evolved with a different set of features (adapting to different environment)
comparative biochemistry
- the study of similarities and differences between the proteins and other molecules that control life processes
- they are highly conserved
-main ones are cytochrome c and rRNA - can discover how closely two species are related by comparing the order of DNA bases in a gene for a protein
- the number of differences are plotted against the rate the molecules undergoes neutral substitutions
-more similar the more related