BIOL 1001 Chapter : CH 1 OUTLINE Fall 2014 Continued
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Understand the two-part naming system, and the correct way that organism names are written: two part scientific name of an organism is formed from the genus and species genus: group that includes a number of closely related species. Species: within a genus includes organisms that can potentially interbreed under natural conditions: scientific names are always underlined or italicized, first letter of genus is always capitalized while the first letter of species is lowercase, ex. Three bluebird species: sialia sialis (eastern bluebird) sialia. Understand the linnaean classification system (domain, kingdom, etc. : the linnaean classification system includes eight major taxonomic categories, each category including all the categories beneath it, domain kingdom phylum class order family genus. Know the relationship between phylogeny and systematics: today, the process of classification focuses on reconstructing phylogeny, or evolutionary history, the science of reconstructing phylogeny is known as systematics. Systematists examine genetic similarities between dna nucleotide sequences.
