Introduction

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chemotherapy medication used to treat a number of types of cancer

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Paclitaxel (PTX)

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the study of organism identification, classification, and nomenclature

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Taxonomy

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7 major themes of biology

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1. Evolution leading to unity and diversity
2. Hierarchy of Organization and Emergent Properties
3. Cellular Basis of Life
4. Heritable Information
5. Correlation of Structure and Function
6. Homeostasis
7. Interaction of Organisms and their Environment

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System in systematics

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• position in the tree of life
• system of classification

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Scientific name of tomato

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Solanum lycopersicum

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relationship between all the organisms on Earth that have descended from a common ancestor, whether they are extinct or extant

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Phylogeny

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the devising or choosing of names for things, especially in a science or other discipline

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nomenclature

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• method of hypothesizing relationships among organisms
• method of reconstructing evolutionary trees.

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Cladistics

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Difference between cladistics and phylogeny

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cladistics - methods by which branching patterns are generated

phylogeny - interpretation of such diagrams as historical patterns

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share a similar embryonic origin

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homologous structures

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• convergent evolution
• have similar function

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analogous structures

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homologous structures

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same structure, different functions

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analogous structures

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different structure, same functions

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note presence or absence

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cladistics

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• aka numerical taxonomy
• attempts to group species into higher taxa based on overall similarity, usually in morphology or other observable traits, and regardless of their phylogeny or evolutionary relationships

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phenetics

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a division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different

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dichotomy

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• method of identification whereby groups of organisms are divided into two categories repeatedly
• With each sequential division, more information is revealed about the specific features of a particular organism.

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dichotomous key

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taxonomy

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• nomenclature
• identification
• classification

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• overall
• always relates to evolution

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systematics

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• principle
• theoretical aspect

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taxonomy

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Systematics –> __ –> __

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• taxonomy
• phylogeny

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Ma’am’s full name

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Christine Dawn Galope-Obemio