Taxonomy Flashcards

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Taxonomy

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○ Involves decribing, naming, and classifying organisms

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Nomenclature

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○ A system of naming objects

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3
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Taxon

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○ Taxonomic group at any level of hierachical system

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4
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Monophyletic group

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○ Includes all descemdamts of of common ancestor AND common ancestor itself

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5
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Binomial system of nomenclature

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System where all organisms given two word latin scientific name –> AKA species name

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6
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Common names

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different names given to same species

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7
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varieties scientific name

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3 parts

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8
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Cultivars

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cultivated varieties that arised from human activity

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9
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Wild species nomenclature rule thing

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International code of botanical nomenclature

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10
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where does the naming for vascular plants start?

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Species Planatarum

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11
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Linnaeus

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○ Published Species Plantarum
○ Develops latin names
○ Binomials: Abreviated names to two parts
○ Placed one too many species in each genus

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12
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Cultivated plants rules for naming

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International code of nomenclature for cultivated plants

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rules for naming

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1) unique name and description must be published
2) A- type specimen must be deposited at herbarium and available to study

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A- type specimen

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A preserved plant that is deposited is a herbarium

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15
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Dichotomous keys

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○ Used to aid in identifying organisms
- User presented with pair of choices for character states of character or feature of organism

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16
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Species

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○ Set of individuals closely related by descent from common ancestor
○ Fundamental level of classification

17
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  • Genus
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○ Closely related species are grouped together into genera

18
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Significant event timeline evolution

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1) 3.5 bya Origin of Life
2) 1.5 - 2 bya prokaryote into a eukaryote
3) Eukaryotes evolved to have mitochondria and endoplasmic retuculum, aswell as nuclei, creating hella evokutionary lines

19
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how many estimated eukaryote species

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9 million

20
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name all domains

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Domain archaea
Domain Bacteria
Domain Eukarya

21
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name all kingdoms

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Kingdom Archaeabacteria
○ Kingdom Eubacteria
Kingdom Protista
Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Animalia

22
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significance of cyanobacteria

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  • Produce oxygen, fix nitrogen, have chlorophyll
  • Chloroplasts may have originated from cyanobacteria living in other cells
    Symbiotic w shit
  • As the Oxygen produced accumulated, photosynthetic organisms appeared and forms of aerobic respiration developed
23
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Phylogenic trees and their history or whatever

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Phylogenic trees constantly evolving
○ Darwin–> Haeckel –> current(genome sequences)
○ Should only consist of monophyletic groups

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  • Polyphyletic groups
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○ derived from more than one common ancestor and is therefore not suitable for placing in same taxon
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25
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Paraphylectic group

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Descends from one ancestor but does not include all descendant groups
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26
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what do different things end in
order
family
kindom

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kindgom: ae
Order: ales
Family: eae