Organizing Life on Earth
This text discusses classification systems, systematics, and limitations of phylogenetic trees.
Topics
- analogous structure
- binomial nomenclature
- branch point
- clade
- cladistics
- class
- domain
- family
- genus
- kingdom
- maximum parsimony
- molecular systematics
- monophyletic group
- order
- phylogenetic tree
- phylogeny
- phylum
- rooted
- shared ancestral character
- shared derived character
- sister taxa
- species
- systematics
- taxon
- taxonomy
- Archaea
- Bacteria
- Eukarya
- hierarchical system