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The Linnaean System of Classification. Grouped organisms by physical characteristics in nested hierarchies Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species. Binomial Nomenclature. Two names Genus and species Better than a common name because it is always specific to a single species
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The Linnaean System of Classification • Grouped organisms by physical characteristics in nested hierarchies • Kingdom • Phylum • Class • Order • Family • Genus • Species
Binomial Nomenclature • Two names • Genus and species • Better than a common name because it is always specific to a single species • Ex: Homo sapiens • Homo neaderthalensis • Gorilla gorillagorilla • BufoBufo
How biologist classify living things • Physical characteristics – color, size, shape • Genetic similarities and differences - DNA • Fossil records of ancestors • Embryological developement Goal: Classification mirrors evolutionary relationships
Annelids – Segmented Worms Genetics and Embryology show this is their closest relative Scientists used to think this was their closest relative Arthropods Flatworms
Biological Classification • Domain - 3 • Kingdom • Phylum • Class • Order • Family • Genus • Species - 2 million described, 5-20 million estimated • The scientific name of a species is always its genus and species in italics • Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Soup • Dumb Kids Play Chicken On Freeway, Get Smushed
History of Kingdoms • 1753 - Linnaeaus – two kingdoms: Animalia and Plantae • 1866 – Animalia, Plantae, Protista • 1938 - Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Monera • 1959 - Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Monera, Fungi • 1977 - Animalia, Plantae, Protista, Monera, Fungi, Archaea
Three Domains • Bacteria – no nucleus • Archaea – no nucleus, different cell walls • Eukarya – cells have a nucleus • Animalia • Plantae • Fungi • Protista
Classification of Humans • Domain: Eukarya • Kingdom: Animalia • Phylum: Chordata • Class: Mammalia • Order: Primates • Family: Hominidae • Genus: Homo • Species: Homo sapiens
P.O.D. – Are we as Eukaryotes more related to Bacteria or Archaea?