30 Questions
What does Numerical Systematics primarily deal with?
The classification and identification of organisms using biostatistics
What is the science of the diversity of organisms?
Biosystematics
What is the primary goal of the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature?
To provide a set of rules for naming plants
Which branch of Systematic Biology deals with the evolutionary relationships of organisms?
Phylogeny
What is the study of the remains of extinct organisms and their evolutionary history?
Paleontology
What is the focus of Biochemical Systematics?
The classification of organisms based on biochemical analysis
What is the role of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)?
To promote the conservation of biological diversity
What is the branch of Systematic Biology that deals with the classification and naming of organisms?
Taxonomy
What is the study of the transmission of hereditary characteristics from parents to offspring?
Genetics
What is the focus of Experimental Systematics?
The identification and classification of organisms based on evolutionary units
What is the study of the external physical features of organisms?
Morphology
What is the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature?
A widely accepted convention for the formal scientific naming of animals
What is an apomorphy in the context of phylogenetics?
A characteristic different from the form found in an ancestor.
What is a synapomorphy?
A characteristic present in an ancestral species and shared exclusively by its evolutionary descendants.
What is a plesiomorphy?
An evolutionary trait that is homologous with a particular group of organisms.
What is a symplesiomorphy?
A plesiomorphy shared by two or more taxa.
What is a monophyletic group?
A group of organisms that descended from a common evolutionary ancestor or ancestral group.
What is a paraphyletic group?
A group of organisms that descended from a common evolutionary ancestor or ancestral group, but not including all the descendant groups.
Who is commonly referred to as the 'Father of Taxonomy'?
Carl von Linnaeus
What is the term for the process of constructing the evolutionary history of organisms?
Phylogenetics
Who is credited with proposing the 'Biological Species Concept'?
Ernst Walter Mayr
What is the term for a group of organisms consisting of a single ancestor and all its descendants?
Clade
What is the purpose of the Binomial System of Nomenclature?
To assign a unique two-part name to each species
What is the term for an assigned name to a particular taxonomic category or level of classification?
Taxon
What characteristic do sauropsids, which include reptiles, birds, and mammals, have in common?
Their embryos are covered by a protective amnion
What is a polyphyletic group of organisms?
A group of organisms that have evolved from different recent common ancestors
According to the Three-Domain Scheme, what is the domain that includes protists, plants, fungi, and animals?
Eukarya
What is the name of the scientist who introduced the Three-Domain Scheme of organisms?
Carl Woese
What is the name of the kingdom that includes organisms such as cocci, bacilli, and spirilla?
Eubacteria
What is the term for a set of organisms that have evolved from a recent common ancestor?
Monophyletic group
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