evolution iv - phylogeny and its reconstruction

Question 1

define biodiversity

Answer 1

biodiversity is the variety of living organisms and their range of behavioural, ecological, physiological & other adaptations in an area such as an ecosystem

Question 2

define systematics

Answer 2

systematics is the discipline of biology involving the scientific study of the diversity of organisms, focusing on classifying organisms & determining their evolutionary relationships. systematics connects classification with evolutionary history.

systematists classify organisms based on current data from morphology, developmental biology, fossil records, behavioural biology & molecular biology