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Slide 1GLOBAL BIODIVERSITY INFORMATION FACILITY Beatriz Torres Senior Prog. Off. - Outreach and Cap. Building Strategies for Open and Permanent Access to Scientific Info.…

Slide 1 Systematics Taxonomy, Phylogeny, and Classification Slide 2 Diversity of Life Slide 3 How do we organize it all? –MORPHOLOGY What the organisms look like (phenotype).…

Slide 1 Taxonomy To sort organisms into species To classify species into higher taxonomic levels A taxon is a taxonomic unit at any level; for example “Mammalia” is a…

Slide 1 UNIT 2 The variety of living organisms Topics to cover Classification Evidence of relationships between organisms Adaptation and selection Biodiversity Exchange and…

Slide 1 UNIT 2 The variety of living organisms Topics to cover Classification Evidence of relationships between organisms Adaptation and selection Biodiversity Exchange and…