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Lesson Overview Genes and Variation
Genetic Drift• Small populations• Definition• Genetic bottleneck• Founder effect
You are wandering in the tropical rainforest and a giant bright yellow
spider hangs dangling in its web in front of you. How would you determine if
you had discovered a new species of spider? If it was a new species of spider, what would you name it?
Why do we classify organisms?
• Communication–Problems with
common names• Show evolutionary
relationship• Systematics
–Taxonomy
Scientific Names
• 18th century– Latin or Greek
• Binomial nomenclature– Linnaeus– 2 word name– Latin– Writing
• Italics• First word – Genus• Second word – species• Felis catus
Linnaean Classification
• Hierarch ranking system
• Taxa (taxon)• Kingdom, phylum,
class, order, family, genus, species
Problems with Linnaean Classification
• Species are specifically defined• Other groups are subjective• New organisms hard to classify• Eugenics
–Classification of humans–Used to justify discrimination
The following is the Linnaean classification of a moose. Match each with the appropriate category
name. Hint: they are in order.
• alces• Alces• Cervidae• Artiodactyla• Mammalia• Chordata• Animalia
Evolutionary Classification
• Darwin’s tree of life• Phylogeny• Group by common
ancestors• Clades
–Definition–Advantage
Cladograms
• Root• Branch
– Speciation event• Distances• Patterns based on
– Hypotheses– Molecular data– Embryological
development– Fossil record
Creating Cladograms
• Traits inherited– From common
ancestor– Shared by many– Examples
• Derived characters– Related to
speciation event– Show closeness
of common ancestor
Reading Cladograms
• Node• Derived characteristics• Last clade
Clades and Linnaeus
• Many overlapping groups– Mammalia
• Birds very different
• Both systems are used
DNA and Classification
• Used sequenced genomes
• More genes in common– More derived
characters in common
– More recent common ancestor
• Shows relationships that can’t be seen– Examples