Species Concept and Towards Speciation Flashcards
Only rational and scientific approach to this biodiversity crisis
Taxonomy
_____ _____ suffer from environmental crises since they don’t have enough means to study their own biodiversity
Developing countries
Taxonomy helps us know more about _____ and _____ _____
biodiversity and environmental conservation
demarcation of species
microtaxonomy
classification of organisms above species level
macrotaxonomy
recognition and description; under microtaxonomy
α-taxonomy
Steps of α-taxonomy (SBCSPV)
Selection, Background, Collection of samples, Storage, Producing a Key, Verification
economic or medical significance
selection
related literature, contact experts, join interest groups, visit museums
background
involves technique, securing a permit for legal purposes. this is significant in identification
collection of samples
voucher specimens, proof of existence of species, labeling. take note of storage requirements
storage
making it available, contact experts and check type specimens
producing a key
expert sees if specimen is novel and comparison of type specimens
verification
classification of species in hierarchical system (above species); under micro and macrotaxonomy
β-taxonomy
understanding the evolutionary processes and patterns behind characteristics of taxons; under macrotaxonomy
γ-taxonomy
group of closely related organisms with similar characteristics
species
species are capable of _____________ and producing _____________ _____________
interbreeding; fertile offspring
“_____ _____” in biological classification from which concepts of higher and lower groups are developed
Building bricks
any different kind of thing
eidos
Who said that variations are _____ since it does not distinguish a species permanently since a species never springs from the seed of another?
John Ray - accidents
Who said that deviant forms were not deserving to the rank of species but rather of _____?
Linnaeus - variety
“Conditioned by _____” - _____
function; Cuvier
Species does not essentially differ from the term _____ - _____
variety; Darwin
classification system which relies on SIMILARITIES of organisms
phenetic
looks at morphology, cytology, biochemistry, anatomy, etc.
phenetic
does NOT deal with ancestry
phenetic
looks at ancestry and how characters arose in evolution
phylogenetic
does NOT deal with modern-day characteristics
phylogenetic
members of a species are individuals that look similar to one another
Morphological Species Concept (MSC)
species is a community whose distinctive _____ _____ are sufficiently definite to entitle it to a specific name - (Regan, 1926)
morphological characters
species are the _____ _____ that are consistently and persistently distinct and distinguishable
smallest group
problems with msc: it is ___/___ because individuals of two populations look so similar but would not mate with one another
arbitrary/subjective
there are _____ _____ species (_____) but are from different lineages
morphologically indistinguishable; sympatric