BIO 1130 Study Guide - Sister Group, Paraphyly, Genetic Drift

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Taxon a group of organisms that are regarded as distinct enough to be treated as a separate unit. Every animal in a taxon shares a common ancestor. It is a term that describes any of the major or minor groups in the classification system. Systematics - the study of the diversity of organisms and their natural relationships. It is sometimes used as a synonym for taxonomy. Linnaeus was the first to take these lists and organize them. What these greek philosophers did was write down the information contained in the folk taxonomies compiling lists of living things, aristotle the animals and theophrastus the plants: mechanical taxonomy organized lists of new words that describe new things found. Natural taxonomy - lists organized based on evolutionary history. Evolutionary taxonomy taxonomy based on the relatedness of species through evolution synonym to natural taxonomy. Classical taxonomy the same as natural taxonomy: phylogenetic taxonomy (cladistics) taxonomy based on derived characters and their evolutionary history.

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