______________ seeks to strike biological "gold" by finding the next penicillin.
Bioprospecting(ers)
With Biodiversity scientist....
A.)refer to the variety within and among living species
B.)Provide Drugs
C.)Nothing
A.)refer to the variety within and among living species
The variety among living organisms [Biodiversity]
•1.4 –1.8 million described
•Many more in existence
•Uncertainty due to description and storage
•Average estimate is ~10 million
Role current species play in ecosystems
•Discovery of drugs and chemicals
Organization of biodiversity in to discrete categories
Classification
Traditionally based on shared characteristics
–Physical traits
–Behaviour
Use of a dichotomous key –Series of questions that allow you to group similar types
______________are the 3 large groups of Modern species
{*hint- Bacteria, Archaea, Eukarya}
DOMAINS
Bacteria & Archaea
–No nucleus
–No membrane bound organelles
–Unicellular
–Very small “microorganisms or microbes”
–Archaea are “extremophiles”
Eukarya
–Nucleus
–Membrane bound organelles
–Unicellular, forms colonies, multicellular
–Range from microscopic to largest mammals
This domain has __________ Kingdoms?
C. )4, Eukarya
The Kingdoms:
Protista, Plante, Fungi, and Animalia all belong to which domain?
