Classification of Life and Cladograms

Taxonomy

Method for classifying organisms with universally accepted names

What taxonmy is used for classifying?

Linnaeus’ 7 Levels of Classification

What are Linnaeus’ 7 Levels of Classification?

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

What are the 6 kingdoms?

Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plante, Animalia

Evolutionary classification

Grouping organisms is based on its evolutionary history

Organisms that appear very similar may not ____ a recent common ancestor.

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Cladistic analysis

Classifying organisms based on their evolutionary relationships, considering new mutations

Derived characters

Characteristics in recent lineage and not its older members

Cladogram

Diagram of evolutionary relationships between an organism group

What does DNA and RNA show?

Evolutionary relationships between species; the more similar they are, the more recent of a common ancestor

How is DNA compared in length of time?

Molecular Clock