Similarities Between Taxonomy and Systematics January 18, 2024,Sylvia Reynold,No Comment Taxonomy and systematics are two closely related fields within biology that involve the classification and organization of living organisms. Here are some similarities between taxonomy and systematics: Study of Biological...
In: Kowalewski M, Garber P, Cortés-Ortiz L, Urbani B, Youlatos D (eds) Howler monkeys: adaptive radiation, systematics, and morphology. Springer, New York About this Chapter Title Why Is It Important to Continue Studying the Anatomy, Physiology, Sensory Ecology, and Evolution of Howler ...
In our view, the purpose of coding is dictated by the principles of phylogenetic systematics. The foundation of phylogenetic systematics is the observation that monophyletic groups can be recognized if homologous character states, shared evolutionary novelties, can be identified (Hennig, 1966). ...
(Image credit: Kiosya Y, Vončina K, Gąsiorek P (2021) Echiniscidae in the Mascarenes: the wonders of Mauritius. Evolutionary Systematics 5(1): 93-120. https://doi.org/10.3897/evolsyst.5.59997, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons) Discover more about tardigrades —1st tardigrade ...
Sexual reproduction is ubiquitous in eukaryotes, but the mechanisms by which sex is determined are diverse and undergo rapid turnovers in short evolutionary timescales. Usually, an embryo’s sex is fated at the moment of fertilisation, but in rare instances it is the maternal genotype that determin...
Another important point to clarify is whether uniparental organelle inheritance represents a by-product of the evolution of mating types or its cause? This question is difficult to address in organisms that carry only one organelle type (mitochondria). Disregarding biparental transmission,...
The second side to the question though is this: were our ancestors monkeys at all? And the answer to this is subtle. There are basically two ways to classify things in biology. One is by identity - if group X is the same in some important manner to Y, then X + Y form a group ...
This article explores the idea of species, including both the meaning of the word species, and how biologists think species can be identified in nature. It also examines why an understanding of species is important, both for the study of biology and for our society. ...
The new study in theAnnual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematicsprovides an overview of what complicatespredictive modelsand how scientists are trying to make progress, for the benefit of public health, among other areas. "Infectious diseases experience constantly varying selective pressures as ...
First, what guides the adoption of the particular standards of explanatory adequacy that are relevant in a scientific case is the explanatory aim pursued in this context. Apart from explanatory aims being an important aspect of the nature of science, including explanatory aims in classroom ...