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Ch 17 Biology

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