11. Classification

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What is classification?
The way in which living organisms are divided into groups
What is taxonomy?
Scientific practice of grouping organisms based on characteristics
What does hierarchical mean?
The classification system consists of smaller groups within larger groups, and there is no overlap
What is phylogenetic?
Based on the evolutionary history
What does did King Philip come over for German sausages mean?
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
How is the biological name of each species written? (Binomial name)
Genus name and species name
What is a species?
A group of organisms with similar characteristics that can breed to form fertile offspring
What is courtship behaviour?
Genetically determined behaviour that allows species recognition and mating partners
What is the courtship behaviour of nocturnal animals or birds?
Song?
Why are the five ways that we look at diversity?
Frequency of observable characteristics
Base sequence of DNA
Base sequence of mRNA
Amino acid sequence
Immunological techniques
How do we measure variation?
We need large samples and random sampling
What is standard deviation?
A measure of the spread of values, which indicates the extent of variation