BIOL 1202 Chapter : Chapter 26
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Systematists use fossil, molecular, and genetic data to infer these relationships. The discipline of systematics classifies organisms based on shared relationships. -systematics: the analytical study of the diversity and relationships of organisms, both present-day and extinct. -organizing or grouping things helps in dealing with them. If organisms (or any items) are to be grouped then they need a name. -taxonomy: the branch of biology concerned with naming and classifying the diverse forms of life. There are many ways that organisms may be grouped. One of the early classification systems placed the animals in one group and the plants in another. ---->the bacteria, fungi and many protists were considered plants while some of the protists were grouped with the animals. The origins of taxonomy date back to aristotle. : the same idea holds true for the study of life. --plants vs. animals was an imperfect system and as a result didn"t last.
