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1
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Who is the father of modern taxonomy

A

Carolus Linnaeus

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What two main categories did Aristotle classify animals?

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blood and bloodless

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taxonomy

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the study of classifications of organisms

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Binomial nomenclature

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the two-part scientific name given to an organism

Tyrannosaurus rex

must be italic

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Traditional (Linnean) Taxonomy

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Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, order, Family, Genus Species

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Posterior

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Rear

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Distal

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away from the center of the body

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Proximal

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near the center of the body`

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Dorsal

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top of the body

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Ventral

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bottom of the body

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anterior

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front of the body

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Phylogeny

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an evolutionary tree that indicates closeness of relationships

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Cladistics

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phylogenetic analysis involving the search for monophyletic groups by means of character analysis

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Clade

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a group of taxa all united by common descent

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Grade

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a group of taxa successively branching off a main stem

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Taxon

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a particular species or clade

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outgroup

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taxa outside the clade of interest

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ingroup

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taxa within the clade of interest

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sister group

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the most closely related group to the group of interest

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monophyly

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a group of organisms descended from a single ancestor

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paraphyly

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a group that includes the most recent common ancestor

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polyphyly

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unrelated organisms descended from more than one ancestor

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Character

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an observable trait

24
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apomorphy

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a character distinct to a particular taxon

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Synapomorphy

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an apomorphy uniting two or more taxa that is particular to those taxa

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plesiomorphy

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a character uniting two more taxa that is retained from more basal taxa

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Homology

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resemblance in biological structure or function that is the result of shared common ancestry

28
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analogy

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comparable biological structures or functions that arose independently

29
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extant phylogenetic bracket

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a fossil organism should be interpreted in light of the living organisms that bracket it in the phylogenetic tree

30
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problems of traditional Christian thought

A

Doesn’t match the world we see around us

Is not demanded by Scripture

Creates theological/philosophical problems when it comes to natural evil.

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Darwinism

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similarities are due to common descent

32
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Problems with darwinism

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Convergence

horizontal gene transfer

33
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Common Blueprint

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Organisms share similarities because they exist in a nested hierarchy because of a common blueprint used by the Creator

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Common Descent

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These are similarities due to descent from a common ancestor

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Common Event

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Organisms that share similarities that they developed in real time because of

Convergence

Horizontal Gene Transfer

36
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Common Function

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Some organisms share similarities because of the created function, but not because of nested hierarchy.

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Baraminology

A

Discontinuity Systematics + Young Earth Creationism

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Holobaramin

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A group containing all organisms that share continuity and are discontinuous from all other organisms

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Monobaramin

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A group of organisms sharing continuity

40
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Apobaramin

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A group of organisms that are discontinuous from all other organisms

41
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Polybaramin

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An artificial grouping of organisms, not considering continuity or discontinuity

42
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What are dinosaurs

A

Vertebrate
Reptiles
Diapsids
Archosaurs

Archosaurs with erect posture, perforated acetabulum, ascending astragalar process on front surface of tibia

43
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archosaurs

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ruling reptiles

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