Taxonomy Flashcards
taxonomy
science of classifying and naming organisms
binomial nomenclature
2 part format of scientific name of an organism (genus, capitalized and species epithet, lower case)
who developed binomial nomenclature
carolus linnaeus
species
group of related organisms
population
members of same species in one location
viruses
international committee of taxonomy in viruses determines formal name
variants
sequence of differences that may have functional consequences
serotype
differential recognition by immune system
carl worse
greater of tree of life (bacteria, Arcaea, and eukaraya) look alike but different examined molecular data, domain bacteria and domain eukarya
Charles Darwin
founder of evolutionary taxonomy
classification
domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species (dynamite kindly professors cannot often fail good students)
plantae
multi eukaryotic autotrophic - photosynthesizers
anamania
multi-eukaryotic, heterotrophic consumers
fungi
multi eukaryotic - heterotrophic absorbers
Protista
eukaryotic unit multi