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classification
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| systematics | the scientific study of the diversity of organism and of their evolutionary relationship |
| phylogency | a model of the evolutionary history and relationship of a group |
| phylogency evidence | physical characteristics genetic and biomedical evidence fossil records developmental comparisons |
| family tree | a hypothesis about the relationships of individual family members going back many generations |
| phylogenetic tree | diagram showing the evolutionary relationship among organisms |
| binomial system of nomenclature | genus of the species to identify organisms |
| taxonomy | the scientific field that identifies nomes and classifies organism |
| convergence | the independence evolution of similar characteristics in unrelated taxonomic species |
| clade | a group of organisms all descended from a particular common ancestor |
| taxon | a named group of organisms |
| monophyletic taxon | a taxon containing a single clade |
| cladogram | a tree diagram showing the hypothetical branching sequences of the lines descent in the evolution of particular taxa |
| outgroup | a related species or clade used as a standard in phylogenetic comparison |
| ancestral trait | a trait present in the common ancestor of a clade |
| derived trait | a trait showing the difference from an ancestor because of a modification of an ancestral trait |
| morphology | the physical form and structure of the body of and organism and the study of thus |
| homologous structure | anatomical structures derived from a single structure in a common ancestor and modified by evolution in different lines of descent |
| analogous structure | anatomical structures derived from a different structures in unrelated ancestors which have achieved similar functions and appeared in descendants as a result of convergence |
| archea | domain |
| bacteria | domain |
| eukarya | domain |
| archaebacteria | kingdom. live in extreme temperatures |
| eubacteria | kingdom. disease causing. |
| protist,fungi,plant,animals | kingdom |
| cocci | circles (singular,coccus) |
| bacilli | ovals (singular,bacillus) |
| spirilla | spirals (spiral) |
| nutrition | the use of substances from the environment for energy and for synthesizing new materials |
| oxygen use | :aerobes require oxygen :facultative anaerobes can tolerate oxygen, some can use it when its available :obligate anaerobes cant tolerate oxygen |
| monera | doesn't exist anymore, split apart |
| prokaryotes | no membrane or nucleus |
| eukaryotes | has nucleus many cells |
| pedigree | family tree that are for diseases disorder and condition in a family |
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