Species Concept - Londonderry School District
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CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS
Biologists have classified nearly 2 million
species
Estimates range from 13 million to 40+
million
The science of describing, naming,
classifying organisms is called taxonomy
Any particular group within a taxonomic
system is called a taxon
Species Concept
Species can interbreed to produce fertile
offspring
Variations in a population include
individual variations, geographic variations,
and variations in form (polymorphisms)
Species: a population of individuals that
interbreed and produce fertile offspring
under natural conditions
Taxonomists use structure, function,
biochemistry, behavior, genetic systems,
evolutionary history to classify organisms
Homologies are similarities and can either
be structural or chemical
HOMOLOGOUS
STRUCTURE
Similar features that originate in a shared
ancestor (derive from same embryonic
structure)
Can result from modifications that change
an original feature to 2 extremely different
types (wing and arm)
Modern Version
Domain
-3
– Kingdom - 6
Phylum – 30 – 89 (??)
–Class
• Order
- Family
- Genus
- Species
Human Classification
Kingdom: Animalia (common phyla)
Phylum: Chordata (common class)
Class: Mammalia (similar order, common
characteristics)
Order: Primates (similar family, distinctive
anatomy and way of life)
Family: Hominidae (similar genera)
Genus: Homo (sp w/ similar characteristics)
Species: sapiens
(Homo sapiens = wise man) (Greek homo = same;
Latin homo = man, from the Earth)
6 Kingdoms
Eubacteria
Archaebacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
The 6 kingdoms
Prokaryotes (Used to be 1 kingdom,
Monera)
– Archaebacteria
– Eubacteria
Eukaryotes
–
–
–
–
Fungi
Protista
Animal
Plantae
Overview of the 6 kingdoms
Archaebacteria
– Unicellular
– Live in extreme environments
– Prokaryotic
Eubacteria
– Unicellular
– Prokaryotic
– “Common bacteria”
Overview of the 6 kingdoms
Protista
– Eukaryotic
– Unicellular or colonial
– Lots of different life styles
Fungi
–
–
–
–
Cell walls made of chitin
Eukaryotic
Multicellular
External heterotrophs
Overview of the 6 kingdoms
Plantae
– Eukaryotic & Multicellular
– Cell walls made of cellulose
– Autotrophic
Animalia
– Eukaryotic & Multicellular
– No cell walls
– Internal heterotrophs
Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes
Cell structure is extremely important in
categorizing
Prokaryotes are single-celled organisms that
have no nucleus or other membrane-bound
organelle (found in Domain Bacteria and
Archaea)
Eukaryotes are cells that have a nucleus and
other membrane-bound organelles
Taxonomy
Science of grouping organisms
Aristotle grouped organisms into 2
categories: plants and animals
In the 1730’s Carl Linne (Carolus Linnaeus)
developed a system of taxonomy called
binomial nomenclature
Carolus Linneaus (Carl Linne)
Devised taxonomic system using hierarchal
categories, and devised binomial
nomenclature to identify species;
Physalis amno ramosissime ramis angulosis
glabris foliis dentoserratis was changed to
Physalis angulata (ground cherry)
Homo sapiens, Chaos chaos,
Chaos chaos
The Pelomyxa or
Chaos chaos is a
very large
protozoan and
belongs to the
Phyllum
Sarcodina.
Binomial nomenclature
Names usually describe organism, location;
can be used to honor scientist or friend (or
in some cases to insult individuals)
Phylogeny
Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of a
species (or taxon)
Morphology, embryonic development,
genetics, and fossil evidence all used to
build phylogenetic trees
Use of dichotomous key (written set of
choices)
Cladistics
Phylogenetic analysis that uses shared characters
and derived characters
Shared characters are features that all members of
a group have in common (all mammals have
mammary glands / all birds have feathers)
Derived characters are those features that evolved
only within the group under consideration (only
animals (living/fossil) with feathers are birds)