Nature Of Classification Flashcards

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Taxonomy

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Classification of living things.

All living things have a unique species name

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Taxa or Linnaean taxonomy

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Phylogeny + Phylogenetic trees

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Phylogeny: development or evolution of particular group of organisms
Phylogenetic trees: developments and relationships between groups

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Clade

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Taxonomic group that includes all descendant of a common ancestor

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Traditional vs phylogenic

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Traditional: focuses more on obvious or shared visual characteristics
Phylogeny: recognizes more things such as origin and genetic relatedness (does not recognize reptiles or fish)

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