Zoology: An Evolutionary and Ecological Perspective

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Chapter 1

• Zoology An Evolutionary and Ecological
  Perspective

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Key Terms

• Binomial nomenclature
• Ecology
• Endangered species

• Organic evolution
• Threatened species
• zoology

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Intro

• Zoology the study of animals.
• A very board science due to a variety of animals.
• Example Ichthyology is the study of fishes

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Evolutionary Processes

• Organic evolution is change in the genetic
  makeup of poplultions of organisms over time.
• Charles Darwin is the sciencist that published
  convincing evidence of evolution in 1859.

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Animal Classification and Evolutionary
Relationships

• Binomial Nomenclature Karl von Linne (1707-1778)
  used it for classifying plants but was adopted
  for animals.

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Zoology An Ecological Perspective

• Ecology the study of the relationships between
  organisms and their environment.
• World Resouces and endangered Animals 2
  problems- global overpopulation and the
  exploitation of world resources