BIOL 1002 Chapter : Bio 1002 Taxonomy
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R44 robert whittaker proposed replacement for the planbio 1002 2nd semester notes. There are many ways that things may be grouped. On of the early classification systems placed the animals in one group and the plants in another. The bacteria, fungi and many protest were considered plants while some of the. The orgins of taxonomy date back to aristotle. However the foundation for modern classification, binomial nomenclature, was developed by linnaeus in the 1700"s. These categories are further divided into smaller and smaller groupings creating an organizational hierarchy. The lowest two categories (genus and species) make up the scientific name for an organism. (example: The genus name is capitalized and the species name begins with a lowercase letter. The scientific name is usually underlined or italicized. The major taxonomic categoris from most inclusive (biggest set) to leas inclusive (smallest set) are: Domain, kingdom, phylum/division, class, order, family, genus, species.
