Chapter 17 Flashcards
What did Linnaeus use to classify plants and animals?
Morphology and behavior.
Who developed the first accepted biological classification system?
Aristotle
What uses Latin genus and specific epithet to give organisms a scientific name?
Binomial nomenclature
How are organisms classified?
A nested hierarchical system.
Has the definition of species changed over time?
Yes
What is phylogeny?
Evolutionary History of a species from evidence for which comes from studies
What is a molecular clock?
It uses comparisons of DNA sequences to estimate physiology and rate of evolutionary change.
What are the three domains?
Bacteria, archaea, eukarya,
What are the five kingdoms and their domains?
Bacteria- eubacteria
Archaea- archaebacteria
Eukarya- Protista,fungi,plante,animalia.
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