4.2.2 Classification and Evolution

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How are species classified

  • Taxonomy: The practice of biological classification - it attempts to take into account their supposed evolutionary descent

  • Biological classification system allows us to arrange species into groups based on their evolutionary origins and relationships/similar organisms together

  • No overlap between the groups

  • Each group is called a taxon

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What is the classification system

  • Kingdom = similar phyla

  • Family = similar genera

Nemonic:

  • D*ckhead

  • Kings

  • Play

  • Chess

  • On

  • Fancy

  • Gold

  • Squares

<ul><li><p>Kingdom = similar phyla </p></li><li><p>Family = similar genera </p></li></ul><p>Nemonic:</p><ul><li><p><strong>D</strong>*ckhead </p></li></ul><ul><li><p><strong>K</strong>ings </p></li><li><p><strong>P</strong>lay </p></li><li><p><strong>C</strong>hess </p></li><li><p><strong>O</strong>n </p></li><li><p><strong>F</strong>ancy </p></li><li><p><strong>G</strong>old </p></li><li><p><strong>S</strong>quares </p></li></ul><p></p>
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What is the domain of eukaryotes

eukarya

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What is Phylogeny

The study of how organisms are related or their evolutionary relationships

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What is the Binomial system