BIO-1802 Chapter Notes - Chapter 26: Phylogenetic Tree, Binomial Nomenclature, Cladogenesis

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Systematics- the study of biological diversity and the evolutionary relationships among organisms, both extant and extinct. Taxonomy- the science of describing, naming, and classifying extant organisms as well as extinct organisms (and viruses) Living organisms are now subdivided into three domains of life o. Taxon-a group of species that are evolutionary related to each other: all forms of life are grouped within three domains: Taxonomists place eukaryotes into seven groups called supergroups. A supergroup lies between a domain and a kingdom. Every species is placed into a taxonomic hierarchy o o. Below the domain and supergroup is the kingdom, which is divided into phyla (singular, phylum) o o. Each phylum is divided into classes, then orders, families, and genera (singular, genus) Each of these taxa contains progressively fewer species that are more similar to each other than they are to the members of the taxa above them in the hierarchy. Binomial nomenclature is used to name species o.

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