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Title: Zoology: An Evolutionary and Ecological Perspective


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Chapter 1
  • Zoology An Evolutionary and Ecological
    Perspective

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Key Terms
  • Binomial nomenclature
  • Ecology
  • Endangered species
  • Organic evolution
  • Threatened species
  • zoology

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Intro
  • Zoology the study of animals.
  • A very board science due to a variety of animals.
  • Example Ichthyology is the study of fishes

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Evolutionary Processes
  • Organic evolution is change in the genetic
    makeup of poplultions of organisms over time.
  • Charles Darwin is the sciencist that published
    convincing evidence of evolution in 1859.

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Animal Classification and Evolutionary
Relationships
  • Binomial Nomenclature Karl von Linne (1707-1778)
    used it for classifying plants but was adopted
    for animals.

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Zoology An Ecological Perspective
  • Ecology the study of the relationships between
    organisms and their environment.
  • World Resouces and endangered Animals 2
    problems- global overpopulation and the
    exploitation of world resources
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