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Systematics Flashcards

1
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Production of knowledge

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Science

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2
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Scientific method

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Question 
Research 
Hypothesis 
Experiment 
Analyze results 
Accept of reject hypothesis
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3
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Field of bio concerned with classifying organisms and viruses

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Taxonomy

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4
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Taxonomy in order

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Domain 
Kingdom 
Phylum 
Class 
Order 
Family 
Genus 
Species
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5
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Reconstruction and study of evolutionary relationships

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Systematics

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6
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Evolutionary history of an organism

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Phylogeny

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7
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Taxonomic technique used for creating hierarchies or organisms that represent true phylogenetic relationships and descent

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Cladistics

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8
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3 domains

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Eukarya
Bacteria
Archaea

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9
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-small single celled
Cell wall
No nucleus
Can live in extreme conditions

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Archaea

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10
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Greatest number of niches

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Bacteria

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11
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What domain are the kingdoms of plantae, animalia and fungi in?

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Eukarya domain

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Paraphyketuc or polyohyletic group/organisms that don’t fit in animalia, plantae or fungi

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Protist

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13
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Cell wall
No photosynthesis
External digestion

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Fungi

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14
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Similar structures in organisms not directly related but similarly developed found in organisms in similar environments

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Convergent evolution

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15
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Distinguishable forms of character

Ex. Presence or absence of teeth

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Character state

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16
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Determine which character states are ancestral or derived

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Polarize

17
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Graphical representation of possible evolutionary relationships

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Cladogram

18
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Group containing descendants of a common ancestor

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Clade

19
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Derived trait

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Apamorphy

20
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Another term for ancestral character state in cladistics

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Plesiomorphy

21
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Another term for shared ancestral or out group character state

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Symplesiomorphy

22
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Shared character state that has not been inherited from a common ancestor

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Homoplasty

23
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Principle that states hypothesis with least assumptions and simplest phylogenetic tree should be favored

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Parsimony principle

24
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Group that includes most recent common ancestor and all descendants

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Monophyletic

25
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Group that includes most recent common ancestor but not all descendants

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Paraphyletic

26
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Group that does not include most recent common ancestor of all members of the group

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Polyphyletic

27
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Concept that defines species as groups of populations that have potential to interbreed and reproductively isolated

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Biological species concept

28
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Concept that defines species in basis of their phylogenetic relationships

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Phylogenetic species concept

29
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Not able to mate outside group

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Reproductive isolation

30
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Organism not considered part of grouo but closely related

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Outgroup

31
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Transfer of genes between different species

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Horizontal gene transfer

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