ANTH 1001 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Diatomaceous Earth, Stoma, Insulin
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Binomial nomenclature characteristics used to assess similarities and differences: the two part format of the scientific name of an organism, the binomial name consists of, genus and species, these are always written in a different font (italics, ect, genus is always capitalized; species is always lowercase, example: homo sapiens. Phylum, class, order, family, genus, species: king parker could once find gold sneakers, from most inclusive to least inclusive, classification, domain; most inclusive broad, kingdom animalia, phylum chordata, class mammalia, order primates, family hominidae, genus homo, species homo sapiens; least inclusive broad. Morphological and molecular homologies: phylogenetic history can be inferred from similarities in homologous structures and genes when compared among organisms, generally, similar morphology and similar dna sequences= closely related species, but, beware of analogous structures or molecular sequences, (aka homoplasies, similarity may be due to convergent evolution (analogy), not shared ancestry (homology)
