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Classification |
Systematically identifying, studying, and developing the natural history of 5-30 million different species of organisms |
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Ancient classification scheme |
Based on need to survive and curiosity |
Can i eat it or will it eat me |
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Father of taxonomy |
Charles Linnaeus |
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Taxonomy |
The study of principles, procedures, and rules of scientific classification and the naming of organisms |
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Classification |
The ordering of living organisms into groups - TAXA - on the basis of associations by continuity, similarity, or both |
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Taxa |
Groups of living organisms |
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Biological classification |
Step 1 -defining and describing organisms Step 2 - arranging organisms into a logical classification scheme |
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Systematics |
Scientific study of the kinds of organisms, their diversity, and their evolutionary relationships |
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Cladistics/ "phylogenetic systematics" |
System of arranging taxa by analysis of primitive and derived characteristics |
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Levels of classification |
Domain Kingdom Phylum Subphylum Class Order Family Genus Species |
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Classification of humans |
Domain eukarya Kingdom animalia Phylum chordata Subphylum vertebrata Class mammalia Order primates Family hominidae Genus homo Species sapiens |
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Adolf mayer |
Said that disease was was caused by tiny bacteria |
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Martinus beijerink |
Said disease was not caused by bacteria |
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