[BIO153H5] - Midterm Exam Guide - Ultimate 72 pages long Study Guide!
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Humans have a knack for naming and ordering things: aristotle was the first one to recognize that dolphins need to come out of water and breathe air, the modern naming system is based on carl von linnee (1707-1778) Unique a unique name that a group of species with similar characteristic have (unique identifier) Hierarchical groups of organisms that allows for comparing and contrasting. Choose a naming system that reflects naming characteristics: what li(cid:374)(cid:374)e"s (cid:272)reated is (cid:272)alled the (cid:271)i(cid:374)o(cid:373)ial (cid:374)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:272)lature. Ea(cid:272)h u(cid:374)it is (cid:272)alled a (cid:862)ta(cid:454)o(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:894)plural: ta(cid:454)a(cid:895) All the spices in each genus, that is similar appearance and have similar characterizes. It is hierarchical: species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom. For example, sylvia atricailla (linnaeus, 1758: there are rules and regulations as to how a taxon can be named: international commission on zoological nomenclature (international association for plant taxonomy) How can taxonomy work: name an organism (alpha taxonomy, group organism according to other species (using characteristics)
