Lecture 5: Systematics

Question 1

Who argues that classification is not an exact science?

Answer 1

theophrastus

Question 2

Who classified according to use?

Answer 2

Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing

Question 3

What does each part of the scientific name mean?
Cucurbrita pepo (L.) Lam.

Answer 3

1. genus, 2. species. 3. authority- the person who originally published this name 4. the person who published the combination of the epithet with the genus

Question 4

What is the hierarchical classification?

Answer 4

Domain
kingdom
phylun
class
order
family
genus
species

Question 5

What things are strictly with taxonomy?

Answer 5

1. it is about taxa
2. it answers how we organize biodivirsity
3. it is governed by decisions of taxonomists

Question 6

What things only apply to nomenclature?

Answer 6

1. about names
2. how do we label biodiversity?
3. Governed by code of nomenclature

Question 7

What is something Taxonomy and Nomenclature?

Answer 7

sole point of intersection: the type specimen

Question 8

What are ancestral characteristics

Answer 8

plesiomorphy

Question 9

What is a derived characteristic?

Answer 9

apomorphy

Question 10

What are only shared derived characters are considered informative about evolutionary relationships called?

Answer 10

synapomorphies

Question 11

What characters can be any aspect of the phenotype?

Answer 11

1. morphology
2. physiology
3. behavior
4. DNA

Question 12

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Answer 12

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