Taxonomy

THE CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS Taxonomy or Systematics: The study of classification ODWS Paul Billiet 2011

Why classify organisms? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],ODWS Paul Billiet 2011

The unit of taxonomy: The SPECIES ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],ODWS Paul Billiet 2011

How taxonomy works ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],ODWS Paul Billiet 2011

Comparing phenotypes & genotypes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],ODWS Paul Billiet 2011

Hierarchy of characters ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],ODWS Paul Billiet 2011

Example ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],ODWS Paul Billiet 2011 Acanthostega Lamprey

The pentadactyl limb ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],ODWS Paul Billiet 2011

The pendadactyle limb Lizard Human Frog Bat

Analogous or homologous characters ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],ODWS Paul Billiet 2011

Homology in mammalian fore limbs ODWS Paul Billiet 2011

Analogous structures ,[object Object],[object Object],ODWS Paul Billiet 2011 Thylacine Thylacinus cynocephalus Wolf Canis lupus

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