classification
grouping of objects or organisms based on a set criteria
taxonomy
is the discipline of biology primaril concerned with indentifying naming, and classifying species based on natural relationships
binomial nomenclature
Linnaeu's method of naming organisms
taxa
each category of organisms
species
a group of organisms that can interbreed and produce fertile offspring
character
are inherited features that vary among species and they can be morphological or biochemical
morphology
is the branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures
homologous character
shows an anatomical similarity inherited from a common ancestor
analogous character
it do not indicate a close evolutionary relationship
cladistics
is a method that classifies organisms according to the order they diverged from a common ancestor
ancestral characters
is a character found within the entire line of one descent of a group of organisms
derived character
are characters that are present in members of one group of the line but not in the common ancestor
cladogram
a branching diagram that represents the proposed phylogeny or evolutionary history o a species or group
prokaryotes
are bacteria, whose cell wall contains peptidoglycan
eukaryotes
an organism consisting of a cell or cells in which the genetic material is DNA in the form of chromosomes contained within a distinct nucleus. it includes living organisms other than the eubacteria and archaebacteria
fungus
is a unicellular or multicellular eukaryote that absorbs nutrient from organic materials in its enviroment
domain
superegnum, superkingdom, empire, or regio. is the highest taxonomic rank of organisms in the three-domain system of taxonomy designed by Carl Woese, an American microbiologist and biophysict.
kingdom
a taxonomic certain category of the highest rank, grouping together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common
phylogeny
the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms. the evolutionary history of a group organisms, especially as depicted in a family tree
protists
are organisms that are part of the biological kingdom called the protista. these organisms are not plants, animals, bacteria, or fungi. protists are very diverse group of organisms.