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CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS
 PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
I. Introduction

A. Importance of classification

II. History of classification

A. Early humans classified organisms

B. Aristotle

C. John Ray

D. Carolus Linnaeus

E. Ernst Haeckel

F. R. H. Whittaker/ Lynn Margulis

III. Criteria for classification

A. Morphology

B. Behavior

C. Evolution/Phylogeny

D. Fossil Record

E. Embryology

F. DNA Analysis

1. Molecular Clocks

2. DNA Hybridization

IV. The Five Kingdom Classification Scheme

A. Introduction

B. Monera

C. Protista

D. Fungi

E. Plantae

F. Animalia

V. The Six Kingdom Classification Scheme

A. Characteristics of Archaea

B. Splitting of Kingdom Monera

C. Differences Between Archaea and Bacteria

VI. The Three Domain Classification Scheme

A. Problems with the Six Kingdom Classification Scheme

B. The Three Domains

C. Controversy Over Protista

VII. Taxonomic Keys

A. Definition

B. Example

VIII. Systematics

A. Definition

B. Traditional School of Systematics

1. Phylogenetic Trees

C. Cladistics

1. Criteria

a. Synapomorphies

2. Cladograms

D. Phenetics

IX. Summary

X. Conclusion

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