BIOL 1408 Questions and Answers

Taxonomy Ans- the scientific discipline concerned with naming organisms Phylogeny Ans- is the evolutionary history of a species or group of related species. Systematics Ans- the scientific discipline focused on classifying organisms based on phylogeny. Carolus Linnaeus Ans- -Swedish "father of taxonomy" -Published *Systema Naturae -assigned organisms a two part name called binomial -contained names and classification of most known plants and animals of the early 1700's Binomial Nomenclature Ans- -the two part scientific name of a species is called a binomial -the first part of the name is GENUS -the second part is the SPECIES -both italicized and the first letter of the genus is capitalized, (never the species) Taxon Ans- an individual unit at any level of hierarchy. -Plural = tax