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systematics
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scientific study of the diversity of organisms and their evolutionary relationships
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taxonomy
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science of naming, describing, and classifying organisms
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Carolus Linnaeus
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"father of classification"
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Binomial system of nomenclature
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each species has a 2 part name.
1st part: genus 2nd part: specific epithet |
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hierarchy
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range of taxonomic catergories
KPCOFGS |
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KPCOFGS
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Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
or kids playing chicken on freeways get smashed |
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6 Kingdoms?
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Eubacteria
Archaebacteria Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia |
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Kingdom Eubacteria
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Prokaryotic
cell walls of peptidoglycan |
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Kingdom Archaebacteria
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Prokaryotic
lack cell walla live in extreme environments |
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Kingdom Protista
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Eukaryotic
unicellular |
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Kingdom Fungi
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Eukaryotic
multi-cellular absorbers (digest food externally) |
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Kingdom Plantae
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Eukaryotic
muti-cellular photosynthesizer (manufacture their own food) |
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Kingdom Animalia
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Eukaryotic
multi-cellular ingestors (digest their own food internally) |
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3 domains?
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Eubacteria
Archaea Eukarya |
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Phylogeny
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evolutionary history of a group of organisms from a common ancestor
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