Systematics Flashcards
Biodiversity
the variety of life on earth at all its levels, genes to ecosystems, and the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain it
Taxonomy
Naming of organisms
Systematics
methods to organize and classify organisms into related groups using evolutionary relationships
phylogeny
hypothesis to the evolutionary relationships among organisms
monophyletic group
includes the most recent common ancestor of the group and all of its descendants (clade)
paraphyletic group
includes the most recent common ancestor of the group, but not all its descendants
Kingdom Fungi
- Eukaryotic, multicellular absorbers
- nonmotile, filamentous
- lack plastids
Protists
- unicellular, colonial, simple multicellular
- protozoa, algae, water molds
Kingdom Plantae
- Eukaryotic, multicellular photosynthesizers
- alternation of generations
Mitosis
n -> n
Haploid to haploid
2n -> 2n
Diploid to diploid
Meiosis
2n -> n
Diploid to haploid
Fertilization to form zygote
n + n = 2n
egg + sperm = zygote
Mosses
Gametophyte is dominant, sporophyte is attached to gametophyte
Ferns
Sporophyte is dominant, gametophyte is independent of sporophyte
Gymnosperms
Sporophyte is dominate, female gametophyte contained within ovulate cone on sporophyte, male gametophyte is dispersed in pollen grain