1. To know the seven major
taxonomic categories. (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus,
Species)
see page 372 in your text, as well as the LECTURE
NOTES
2. To be able to describe
the Five Kingdoms of life. (See
pages 373-376).
3. To be able to list the
three "Super-Kingdoms". (This is not discussed very much in the text, but
see the link to a previous lecture, below. Note that this is also
discussed in Stephen Jay Gould's book as well.)
From
the Friday, 13-March-98 lecture:
There are three "superkingdoms",
of which Archae
is probably the most ancient, giving rise to the other two "superkingdoms"
of Bacteria
and the Eukaryotes.
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