Systematics and Taxonomy

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the science of naming, describing and classifying organisms

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taxonomy

Question 2

Earliest way of classification: land dwellers, air dwellers, and water dwellers

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Aristotle

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4 components of taxonomy

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Description, Identification, Nomenclature, Classification

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assignment of features/attributes to a taxon

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description

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features (petal color, leaf shape, leaf margin)

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character

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two or more forms of character (yellow & blue, entire, chordate)

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character state

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major objective of taxonomy

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accurate and complete listing of features

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process of associating an unknown taxon with a known one or recognizing that the unknown is new to science and warrants formal description and naming

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identification

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The rules and regulations for the naming of taxa are provided by…

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International Code of Botanical/Zoological Nomenclature

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formal names are known as…

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scientific names

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always naka-uppercase ang first letter nya

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genus

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not capitalized, lowercase sya, often descriptive adjectives

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specific epithet

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sino yung nagpangalan? abbreviated form of surname

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authority

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Always ______ species name

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if typewritten, italicize, if handwritten, underline

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formula in scientific naming of species

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(Genus + specific epithet)

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arrangement of entities (in this case, taxa) into some type of order

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Classification

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father of taxonomy

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Carolus Linnaeus

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Major taxonomic ranks

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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

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study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time

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systematics

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resemblance, physical appearance

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phenetic

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evolutionary relationship

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phylogenetic

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• have body hair or fur
• have mammary glands that produce milk
• warm blooded

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mammals

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• live in water
• breathe with gills
• streamlined bodies
• have cartilage or bony skeleton
• cold blooded
  mostly lay eggs

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fishes

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• dry scaly skins
• egg laying
• breathing with lungs
• cold blooded

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reptiles

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• moist skin
• lay their eggs in water
• larvae have gills & live in water
• adults have lungs & live on land
• cold blooded

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amphibians

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• have feathers and wings
• lay eggs with hard shells
• breathe with lungs
• warm blooded

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birds

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• from phylum cnidaria
• hollow bodied
• uses sting cells to paralyse prey

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cnidarians

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• flat thin bodies
• digestive system has only one opening
• mostly parasites
• animals are both male and female

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flatworms

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• rounded bodies
• bodies made of segment

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true worms

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• not segmented
• body in 3 continuous parts with head, body, and foot
• have one or two shells

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molluscs

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• spiny skinned
• body in 5 parts
• central mouth with respiratory gills

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echinoderms

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• hard exo-skeleton on outside of body
• has eyes and mouth
• body divided into more than one segment

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arthropods

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Vertebrates is under phyla?

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chordata