General Flashcards
What is the order of classification?
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
What is the suffix for the phylum of plants and algae?
Phyta
What is the suffix for the phylum of fungi?
Mycota
What is the suffix for the class of plants?
Opsida
What is the suffix for the class of algae?
Phyceae
What is the suffix for the class of fungi?
Mycetes
What is the suffix for the order of plants, algae, bacteria, and fungi?
Ales
What is the suffix for the family of plants, fungi, bacteria, and algae?
Aceae
What is the suffix for the family of animals?
Idae
What is the suffix for the family of bacteria?
Aceae
What is the suffix for the class of bacteria?
Ia
What features do eukaryotes and archaea share that bacteria don’t?
Presence of histone proteins and presence of introns
What makes up the cell walls of plants?
Cellulose
What makes up the cell walls of fungi?
Chitin
What makes up the cell walls of bacteria?
Peptidoglycan (murein)
What makes up the cell walls of archaea?
Pseudopeptidoglycan
Which is bigger? The ribosomes of eukaryotes or those of bacteria and archaea? What are their sizes?
Eukaryotes have bigger ribosomes (80S) while bacteria and archaea have smaller ones (70S)
Do eukaryotes have operons?
No, only bacteria and archaea
What is the definition of plesiomorphy?
Primitive structure/homologous trait that exists within a group of organisms but is not unique to a single group
What is the definition of apomorphy?
An advanced/evolved structure that is significantly different from ancestor
What is synapomorphy?
Shared apomorphy
What is autapomorphy?
Unique structure limited to one clade
What are homoplasies?
Analogous structures
