GENERAL BIOLOGY 1

 Systematics classification of organisms and the evolutionary

relationships among them
 Taxonomy study of grouping and classification
 Taxon any named group of organisms that is sufficiently distinct
to be assigned to a certain category

Levels of classification
o Phylum
o Kingdom
o Class
o Order
o Family
o Genus
o Species

Binomial system of classification

 by Carolus Linnaeus
 use of Genus and Species
o make up the scientific name
o first letter of the genus is always capitalized, while the
species name starts with a small letter. It should be in italics
(underlining the genus and species means it is in italics)
Example: Homo sapiens Mus musculus