In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Meaning of Systematics 2. History of Systematics 3. Basics of Study 4. New Systematics or Modern Taxonomy. Meaning of Systematics: Systematics is a branch of Biology that deals with cataloguing plants, animals and other organisms into categories that can be named, remembered, compared and studied. Study of only one organism of a [...]
In this article we will discuss about the Codes and Rules of Nomenclature. There are five codes of nomenclature: (i) International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN), (ii) International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN), (iii) International Code of Bacteriological Nomenclature (IC Вас N), (iv) International Code of Viral Nomenclature (ICVN) and (v) International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP). International [...]
The following points highlight the four major branches of Taxonomy. The branches are: 1. Cytotaxonomy 2. Chemotaxonomy 3. Numerical Taxonomy 4. Cladistics Taxonomy. Branch # 1. Cytotaxonomy: It is classification based on information provided by comparative cytological studies, number of chromosomes, structure and meiotic behaviour of chromosomes. It is known that fewer and larger chromosomes have been formed in many [...]