BIOL 1070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Carl Linnaeus
24 Jan 2018
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Systema naturae: carl linnaeus (1758) he invented taxonomy, he invented the genus and species, linnaeus didn"t have a description for humans he only said nosce te. Ipsum: nosce te ipsum - know they self. Diversity and identi cation: taxonomy could be based on, morphology - ie colour of birds, behaviour - bird calls, genetics - genes of the birds. Dichotomous key: dichotomous key is the most useful tool in phylogeny, dichotomy: equally divided in two, either-or" (binary) decisions, starts with entire set of types, they always end with the speci cs.
