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Ch 17 Biology

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Classification   Supports Darwin  
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Greeks   Plants and animals, no longer used  
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Linneaus   Grouped by form and structure, each level shares characteristics  
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Levels (8)   Describe, Species is the most basic unit  
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Dogs and wolves   can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, different species, all other levels are the same  
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Domains (3)   all living things grouped into one of three  
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Scientific Name   Unique, 2 Latin words  
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Fertile hybrids   Dogs and wolves  
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Hybrid   result of breeding between 2 species  
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Analogous traits   not in herited from common ancestor, convergent evolution (similar environment), same function but not form  
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Examples   wings of bats and birds  
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Homologous Structures   same form, different function  
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Phylogeny   evolutionary history of an organism  
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Cladistics   determines sequence of evolution, reconstructs phylogenies  
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Cladogram   models that show evolutionary history of a species,  
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Out group   group that does not share a characteristic in a cladogram  
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Binomial Nomenclature   two  
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Communication   does not depend on language  
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Taxonomy   science of naming and classifying organisms  
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Kingdoms   6, plant, animal, fungi, protists, archaebacteria, eubacteria  
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Animals   heterotrophy, multicellular, no cell walls  
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Species   look alike and produce fertile offspring  
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Biological   reproductive isolation,  
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Asexual   difficult to apply biological definition  
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Convergent Evolution   organisms adapt similarly to the same environment  
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Derived Characteristics   found in closely related species  
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