1. You will identify and compare various methods of classification.
What You’ll Learn
You will identify and compare various methods of classification.
You will distinguish among six kingdoms of organisms.
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2. 17.1 Section Objectives – page 443
Evaluate the history, purpose, and methods of taxonomy.
Explain the meaning of a scientific name.
Describe the organization of taxa in a biological classification system.
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3. Section 17.1 Summary – pages 443-449
How Classification Began
Biologists want to better understand organisms so they organize them.
One tool that they use to do this is classification—the grouping of objects or information based on similarities.
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How Classification Began
Taxonomy (tak SAH nuh mee) is the branch of biology that groups and names organisms based on studies of their different characteristics.
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Biologists who study taxonomy are called taxonomists.
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Aristotle’s system
The Greek philosopher Aristotle ( B.C.) developed the first widely accepted system of biological classification.
He classified all the organisms he knew into two groups: plants and animals.
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Aristotle’s system
He subdivided plants into three groups, herbs, shrubs, and trees, depending on the size and structure of a plant.
He grouped animals according to various characteristics, including their habitat and physical differences.
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Aristotle’s system aka
Artificial Classification System
According to his system, birds, bats, and flying insects are classified together even though they have little in common besides the ability to fly.
As time passed, more organisms were discovered and some did not fit easily into Aristotle’s groups, but many centuries passed before Aristotle’s system was replaced.
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Linnaeus’s system of binomial nomenclature
In the late eighteenth century, a Swedish botanist, Carolus Linnaeus ( ), developed a method of grouping organisms that is still used by scientists today.
Linnaeus’s system was based on physical and structural similarities of organisms.
As a result, the groupings revealed the relationships of the organisms.
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Linnaeus’s system of binomial nomenclature
Eventually, some biologists proposed that structural similarities reflect the evolutionary relationships of species.
This way of organizing organisms is the basis of modern classification systems.
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Linnaeus’s system of binomial nomenclature
Modern classification systems use a two-word naming system called binomial nomenclature that Linnaeus developed to identify species.
In this system, the first word identifies the genus of the organism.
A genus (JEE nus) (plural, genera) consists of a group of similar species.
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Linnaeus’s system of binomial nomenclature
The second word, which sometimes describes a characteristic of the organism, is called the specific epithet.
Thus, the scientific name for each species, referred to as the species name, is a combination of the genus name and specific epithet.
Homo sapiens
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Scientific and common names
Taxonomists are required to use Latin because the language is no longer used in conversation and, therefore, does not change.
Scientific names should be italicized in print and underlined when handwritten.
The first letter of the genus name is uppercase, but the first letter of the specific epithet is lowercase.
Passer domesticus
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Scientific and common names
Many organisms have common names. However, a common name can be misleading. For example, a sea horse is a fish, not a horse.
In addition, it is confusing when a species has more than one common name.
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Modern Classification
Expanding on Linnaeus’s work, today’s taxonomists try to identify the underlying evolutionary relationships of organisms and use the information gathered as a basis for classification.
Grouping organisms on the basis of their evolutionary relationships makes it easier to understand biological diversity.
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Taxonomy: A framework
Taxonomists group similar organisms, both living and extinct. Classification provides a framework in which to study the relationships among living and extinct species.
For example, biologists study the relationship between birds and dinosaurs within the framework of classification.
Archaeopteryx
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Taxonomy: A useful tool
Classifying organisms can be a useful tool for scientists who work in agriculture, forestry, and medicine.
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Taxonomy: A useful tool
Anyone can learn to identify many organisms using a biological (dichotomous) key.
A key is made up of sets of numbered statements. Each set deals with a single characteristic of an organism, such as leaf shape or arrangement.
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Taxonomy and the economy
It often happens that the discovery of new sources of lumber, medicines, and energy results from the work of taxonomists.
The characteristics of a familiar species are frequently similar to those found in a new, related species.
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Taxonomy and the economy
For example, if a taxonomist knows that a certain species of pine tree contains chemicals that make good disinfectants, it’s possible that another pine species could also contain these useful substances.
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How Living Things Are Classified
In any classification system, items are categorized, making them easier to find and discuss.
Although biologists group organisms, they subdivide the groups on the basis of more specific criteria.
A group of organisms is called a taxon (plural, taxa).
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Taxonomic rankings
Organisms are ranked in taxa that range from having very broad characteristics to very specific ones.
The broader a taxon, the more general its characteristics, and the more species it contains.
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Taxonomic rankings
The smallest taxon is species. Organisms that look alike and successfully interbreed belong to the same species.
The next largest taxon is a genus—a group of similar species that have similar features and are closely related.
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Taxonomic rankings
Compare the appearance of a lynx, Lynx rufus, a bobcat, Lynx canadensis, and a mountain lion, Panthera concolor.
Lynx
Mountain
lion
Bobcat
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Domain
Eukarya
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Felidae
Genus
Lynx
Species
Lynx
rufus
Lynx
canadensis
Lynx
Bobcat
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25. Section 2 Objectives – page 450
Describe how evolutionary relationships are determined.
Explain how cladistics reveals phylogenetic relationships.
Compare the six kingdoms of organisms.
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26. Section 17.2 Summary – pages 450-459
How are relationships determined?
Relationships are determined on the basis of similarities in structure, breeding, behavior, geographical distribution, chromosomes, and biochemistry.
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Structural similarities
Structural similarities among species reveal relationships.
The presence of many shared physical structures implies that species are closely related and may have evolved from a common ancestor.
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Structural similarities
For example, plant taxonomists use structural evidence to classify dandelions and sunflowers in the same family, Asteraceae, because they have similar flower and fruit structures.
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Structural similarities
Taxonomists may observe and compare features among members of different taxa and use this information to infer their evolutionary history.
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Breeding behavior
Sometimes, breeding behavior provides important clues to relationships among species.
For example, two species of frogs, Hyla versicolor and Hyla chrysoscelis, live in the same area and look similar. During the breeding season, however, there is an obvious difference in their mating behavior.
Scientists concluded that the frogs were two separate species.
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Geographical distribution
Probing
Bills
Grasping
Bills
Crushing
Bills
Feeders
Insect
Cactus
Seed
Feeders
Feeders
Parrot
Bills
Fruit
Feeders
Ancestral Species
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Geographical distribution
These finches probably spread into different niches on the volcanic islands and changed over time into many distinct species. The fact that they share a common ancestry is supported by their geographical distribution in addition to their genetic similarities.
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Chromosome comparisons
Both the number and structure of chromosomes, as seen during mitosis and meiosis, provide evidence about relationships among species.
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Chromosome comparisons
For example, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, and broccoli look different but have chromosomes that are almost identical in structure.
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Chromosome comparisons
Therefore, biologists propose that these plants are related.
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Biochemistry
Powerful evidence about relationships among species comes from biochemical analyses of organisms.
Closely related species have similar DNA sequences and, therefore, similar proteins.
In general, the more inherited nucleotide sequences that two species share, the more closely related they are.
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Phylogenetic Classification: Models
The evolutionary history of a species is called its phylogeny (fy LAH juh nee).
A classification system that shows the evolutionary history of species is a phylogenetic classification and reveals the evolutionary relationships of species.
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Cladistics
One biological system of classification that is based on phylogeny is cladistics (kla DIHS tiks).
Scientists who use cladistics assume that as groups of organisms diverge and evolve from a common ancestral group, they retain some unique inherited characteristics that taxonomists call derived traits.
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Cladistics
Allosaurus
Velociraptor
Robin
Archaeopteryx
Sinornis
Theropods
Feathers with
shaft, veins,
and barbs
Flight feathers;
arms as long
as legs
3-toed foot;
wishbone
Down
feathers
Light bones
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Cladistics
However, an important difference between cladograms and pedigrees is that, whereas pedigrees show the direct ancestry of an organism from two parents, cladograms show a probable evolution of a group of organisms from ancestral groups.
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Another type of model
One type of model resembles a fan.
Unlike a cladogram, a fanlike model may communicate the time organisms became extinct or the relative number of species in a group.
A fanlike diagram incorporates fossil information and the knowledge gained from anatomical, embryological, genetic, and cladistic studies.
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Life’s Six
Kingdoms
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The Six Kingdoms of Organisms
The six kingdoms of organisms are archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi, plants, and animals.
In general, differences in cellular structures and methods of obtaining energy are the two main characteristics that distinguish among the members of the six kingdoms.
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Prokaryotes
The prokaryotes, organisms with cells that lack distinct nuclei bounded by a membrane, are microscopic and unicellular.
Some are heterotrophs and some are autotrophs.
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Prokaryotes
In turn, some prokaryotic autotrophs are chemosynthetic, whereas others are photosynthetic.
Ameoba
There are two kingdoms of prokaryotic organisms: Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.
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Prokaryotes
There are several hundred species of known Archaebacteria and most of them live in extreme environments such as swamps, deep-ocean hydrothermal vents, and seawater evaporating ponds.
Most of these environments are oxygen-free.
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Prokaryotes
All of the other prokaryotes, about 5000 species of bacteria, are classified in Kingdom Eubacteria.
Eubacteria have very strong cell walls and a less complex genetic makeup than found in archaebacteria or eukaryotes.
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Prokaryotes
They live in most habitats except the extreme ones inhabited by the archaebacteria.
Although some eubacteria cause diseases, such as strep throat and pneumonia, most bacteria are harmless and many are actually helpful.
Staphylococcus
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A Paramecium
Protista: A diverse group
Anal
pore
Cilia
Kingdom Protista contains diverse species that share some characteristics.
Oral
groove
A protist is a eukaryote that lacks complex organ systems and lives in moist environments.
Gullet
Contractile
vacuole
Micronucleus and
macronucleus
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Protista
Although some protists are
unicellular, others are multicellular.
Lycogala
Some are plantlike autotrophs, some are animal-like heterotrophs, and others are funguslike heterotrophs that produce reproductive structures like those of fungi.
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Fungi: Earth’s decomposers
Organisms in Kingdom Fungi are heterotrophs that do not move from place to place.
A fungus is either a unicellular or multicellular eukaryote that absorbs nutrients from organic materials in the environment.
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Fungi: Earth’s decomposers
There are more than 50,000 known species of fungi.
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Plants: Multicellular oxygen producers
All of the organisms in Kingdom Plantae are multicellular, photosynthetic eukaryotes.
None moves from place to place.
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Plants: Multicellular oxygen producers
A plant’s cells usually contain chloroplasts and have cell walls composed of cellulose.
Plant cells are organized into tissue that, in turn, are organized into organs and organ systems.
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Plants: Multicellular oxygen producers
The oldest plant fossils are more than million years old.
However, some scientists propose that plants existed on Earth’s landmasses much earlier than these fossils indicate.
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Plants: Multicellular oxygen producers
There are more than 250,000 known species of plants.
Although you may be most familiar with flowering plants, there are many other types of plants, including mosses, ferns, and evergreens.
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Animals: Multicellular consumers
Animals are multicellular heterotrophs.
Nearly all are able to move from place to place.
Animal cells do not have cell walls.
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Animals: Multicellular consumers
Their cells are organized into tissues that, in turn, are organized into organs and complex organ systems.
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59. The Species and the Kind
Linnaeus - first thought number of species was set at creation
later thought they could change
He and his students named about 10,000 plants and animals

60. Today There are now over 1.5 million known living species
It is estimated that there are 5 to 10 million undiscovered

61. The Species The definition for species is not adequate
Two things to consider when defining a species
Member of a species are structurally similar but do have a degree of variation
Members of a species can interbreed and produce viable and fertile offspring under natural conditions

62. Problems with Species Concept
1) Artificial characteristics
environment can affect an organisms characteristics (ex - tiger salamander, Ambystoma tigrinum)
a cross between two species makes a new combination, not a new species (ex - coyote + dog = coydog)

63. 2) Interbreeding Some species do not reproduce sexually
Organisms of the same species may not necessarily be able to interbreed (St. Bernard and Chihuahua; the green spotted grass frog)
ecotypes - organisms that appear the same but are suited for one environment and often cannot interbreed

64. God’s primary purpose in creating different organisms was to have them perform specific functions in specific ways in specific places, not to make them easy to classify.

65. The Biblical Kind
Organisms that reproduce after their own kind (Gen 1:20-25)
Linnaeus was the first to use the term species (kind-latin)

66. Some species can successfully interbreed making a hybrid organism – evoltion or not?

67. Natural System of Classification
A system based on biochemical similarities
Example - Humans, frogs, gorillas
As researchers decode genomes they hope to show the relationships between organsims

68. Migration and Adaptation are not Evolution
Migration - the moving of organisms from one area to another
Adaptation - the change of an organism that allows it to survive in a new environment (limited to the organisms genetic makeup)

69. Question 1
Which of the following is NOT a way to determine evolutionary relationships?
A. chromosome comparisons
B. biochemistry
C. specific epithets
D. geographical distribution C
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70. Question 2 Answer How does a cladogram differ from a pedigree?
Pedigrees show the direct ancestry of an organism from two parents. Cladograms show a probable evolution from an ancestral group.
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71. Question 3
Why do taxonomists use Latin names for classification?
Answer
Latin is no longer used in conversation and, therefore, does not change.
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72. Question 5
What is the relationship between cladistics and taxonomy?
Answer
Cladistics is one kind of taxonomy that is based on phylogeny.
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73. Classification
Although Aristotle developed the first classification system, Linnaeus laid the foundation for modern classification systems by using structural similarities to organize species and by developing a binomial naming system for species.
Scientists use a two-word system called binomial nomenclature to give species scientific names.
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74. Classification
Classification provides an orderly framework in which to study the relationships among living and extinct species.
Organisms are classified in a hierarchy of taxa: domain, kingdom, phylum or division, class, order, family, genus, and species.
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75. The Six Kingdoms
Biologists use similarities in body structures, breeding behavior, geographic distribution, chromosomes, and biochemistry to determine evolutionary relationships.
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76. The Six Kingdoms
Kingdoms Archaebacteria and Eubacteria contain only unicellular prokaryotes.
Kingdom Protista contains eukaryotes that lack complex organ systems.
Kingdom Fungi includes heterotrophic eukaryotes that absorb their nutrients.
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77. The Six Kingdoms
Kingdom Plantae includes multicellular eukaryotes that are photosynthetic.
Kingdom Animalia includes multicellular, eukaryotic heterotrophs with cells that lack cell walls.
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78. Question 1 Domain Eukarya Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Felidae
Genus
Lynx
Species
Lynx
rufus
Lynx
canadensis
Bobcat
Lynx
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79. Both organisms are members of the same kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, and genus but belong to different species.
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80. Question 2 Which taxon contains the others? A. order B. class C. genus
D. family
The answer is B.
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81. Question 3 Which of the following pairs of terms is NOT related?
A. specific epithet – genus
B. binomial nomenclature – Linnaeus
C. biology – taxonomy
D. Aristotle – evolutionary relationships
The answer is D.
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82. Question 4 Domain Eukarya Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Felidae
Genus
Lynx
Species
Lynx
rufus
Lynx
canadensis
Bobcat
Lynx
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83. Domain
Eukarya
Bobcats are more closely associated with lynxes as cats than as mammals.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Order
Carnivora
Family
Felidae
Genus
Lynx
Species
Lynx
rufus
Lynx
canadensis
Bobcat
Lynx
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84. Question 5
What two main characteristics distinguish the members of the six kingdoms?
The two characteristics are differences in cellular structures and methods of obtaining energy.
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85. Question 6
Which of the following is NOT true of both the animal and plant kingdoms?
A. both contain organisms made up of cells
B. tissues are organized into organs
C. cells are organized into tissues
D. cells contain cell walls D
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86. Question 7 Which of the following describes a fungus?
A. autotrophic prokaryote
B. unicellular or multicellular heterotroph
C. unicellular autotroph
D. heterotrophic prokaryote
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87. The answer is B, unicellular or multicellular heterotroph.
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88. Question 8 What is the definition of a species? Answer:
a group with members that resemble each other and that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring
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89. Question 9 What is meant by the biblical kind? Answer:
organism that reproduces after its own kind

90. Question 10 What is a natural classification system? Answer:
a system based on biochemical similarities

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PhotoDisc
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Corbis
Digital Stock
Alton Biggs
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92. Tropical Red-eyed tree frog
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