Introduction to Biology II

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Introduction to Biology II

• Biology 1312

Spring 2007
Dr. Brad Hoge
Phylogeny and Systematics
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Geologic Time

• Relative Time
• Law of Superposition
• Uniformitarianism
• Unconformities
• Absolute Time
• Radiometric Datine

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Earth History
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Plate Tectonics

• Sea-Floor Spreading
• Subduction
• Orogeny
• Pangea

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Mass Extinctions

• End of the Permian
• Anoxia
• Flood basalts
• Volcanism
• K/T
• Bolide impact

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Systematics

• Taxonomy
• Binomial naming system
• Classification
• Hierarchical
• Parsimony

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Canimalcules
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Cladistics

• Tree
• Clade
• Monophyletic Groups
• Shared primitive characteristics
• Shared derived characteristics
• Outgroups
• Parsimony

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Relatedness

• Morphology
• Genetics
• Phylogentics
• Molecular Clocks

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Paleobiology The History of Life

• Origin of Life
• History of Life

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