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Systematics and taxonomy are related fields that deal with classifying organisms. [1] Systematics provides the framework for taxonomic classification and does not change over time, while taxonomy is the science of naming, describing, and categorizing species and can change. [2] The objectives of systematics include providing scientific names for organisms, preserving collections, developing classification systems, and studying evolutionary histories. [3] The seven main components of biology are zoology, botany, cell biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, molecular biology, and ecology.

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Systematics and taxonomy are related fields that deal with classifying organisms. [1] Systematics provides the framework for taxonomic classification and does not change over time, while taxonomy is the science of naming, describing, and categorizing species and can change. [2] The objectives of systematics include providing scientific names for organisms, preserving collections, developing classification systems, and studying evolutionary histories. [3] The seven main components of biology are zoology, botany, cell biology, evolutionary biology, genetics, molecular biology, and ecology.

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Notes from the Systematics Webinar Group B and C

Topic for Group B: Systematics and Taxonomy

Table of Contents:

1. Definition of Terms
- Systematics: branch of biology that deals with the study of
classification of systems and nomenclature of organism. It is the basis
of used to understand the evolution of life.
- Importance: Provides a layout for all those taxonomic function.
- Does not change with time.

- Taxonomy: science of classification of living and extinct organisms. The


methodology and principles of systematic botany and zoology and sets up
arrangements of the kinds of plants and animals in hierarchies of superior
and subordinate groups.
- Importance: Name, describe, arrange, and identify a certain
species.
- Changes with time.

Note: The linnaean system of Nomenclature is created by Carolus Linnaeus who is a


Swedish botanist and the Father of Taxonomy.

2. Scope and Aims of Systematics


- Some of the main objectives of systematics:
= provide scientific names for organisms to describe an organism.
= to preserve a collection of organisms
= to provide and apply classification systems
= to help identify organisms
= to determine the contributions of organisms
= to investigate the evolutionary histories of organisms and to
study the environmwntal adaptations of organisms

3. Seven Component Fields in Biology


1. Zoology: branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom
- Aristotle, a famous Greek philosopher, recorded extensive
observations on animals that influenced scientists for centuries.
= Branches of Zoology:
+ zoography
+ animal physiology
+ behavioral ecology,
+ comparative anatomy
+ ethology

2. Botany: also called plant science, plant biology or phytology, is the


science of plant life and a branch of biology.
- Theophratus was one of the first people to study plants and is
reffered to as the "father of botany" because he wrote a lot
about plants. One of his books, "enquiry into plants" categorized
plants based on where they lived, how big they were, how they were
used and how they grew.
= Branches of Botany:
+ Plant Pathology
+ Palaeobotany
+ Forensic Botany
+ Plant Ecology
+ Archaeobotany
3. Cell Biology or Cytology: is a branch of biology that studies the
structure, function,an behavior of cells/
- Robert Hooke and english scientist did microscopic studies
of cork.
-
4. Evolutionary Biology: is a sundiscipline of the biological sciences
concerned wit the origin of life and diversification.

5. Genetics: is a branch of biology concerned with the study of genes,


genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.
- Gregor Mendel an Austrian monk was performing an extensive
experiments on inheritance and genetics of sweet pea plants.
He described the unit of heredity as a particle that does not
change and is passed on to the offspring.
- The experiment is, I think he crossed the yellow peas and green
peas.
- I think he's the one who made the Punnett square. Basically,
The diagram is used by biologists to determine the probability of
an offspring having a particular genotype. The Punnett square is
a tabular summary of possible combinations of maternal alleles
with paternal alleles.

6. Molecular Biology: is the branch of biology that seeks to understand


the molecular basis of biological activity in and betwen cells,
including molecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms and interactions.
The study of chemical and physical structure of biological macromolecules
is known as molecular biology.

7. Ecology: is the study of relationships between living organisms,


including humans and their physical environment. Ecology considers
organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystems, and
biosphere level.

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Topic for Group C:

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