Taxonomy
Taxonomy: Overview
This topic covers concepts such as Taxonomy, Alpha Taxonomy and Omega Taxonomy.
Important Questions on Taxonomy
Level of taxonomic study concerned with the biological aspects of taxa, including intraspecific populations, speciation, evolutionary rates and trends is alpha taxonomy.
Alpha taxonomy is based on the external morphology, origin, and _____ of plants.
Omega taxonomy is based on information from branches such as cytology, embryology, etc., in addition to morphology and phylogenetic characters.
New systematics introduced by Sir Julian Huxley is also called
Which is not a unit of taxonomic category?
The first Indian literature on the classification of plants and animals is:
Who has been called as “The Darwin of the 20th Century” and “Alexander Agassiz Professor of Zoology Emeritus”? He was awarded the "Triple crown of biology" also.
Consider the following statements (A to D).
(A) Numerical taxonomy gives equal importance to each character.
(B) Cytotaxonomy is based on cytological information like chromosome number, structure and behaviour.
(C) At present phylogenetic classification systems, which are based on the evolutionary relationship between the various organisms are most accepted.
(D) Artificial classifications are based on a few characteristics.
How many of the above statement(s) is/are not correct?
The classification of organisms based on nucleus is called
