biological classification for neet exam
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BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
By Kiran Birje
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Introduction• Aristotle was the earliest to attempt a
more scientific basis for classification. • He used simple morphological
characters to classify plants into trees, shrubs and herbs. • He also divided animals into two
groups, those which had red blood and those that did not.
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• In Linnaeus' time a Two Kingdom system of classification with Plantae and Animalia kingdoms was developed that included all plants and animals respectively.
• This system was used till very recently. • This system did not distinguish between the
eukaryotes and prokaryotes, unicellular and multicellular organisms and photosynthetic (green algae) and non-photosynthetic (fungi) organisms.
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• Classification of organisms into plants and animals was easily done and was easy to understand, inspite, a large number of organisms did not fall into either category.
• Hence the two kingdom classification used for a long time was found inadequate. A need was also felt for including, besides gross morphology, other characteristics like cell structure, nature of wall, mode of nutrition, habitat, methods of reproduction, evolutionary relationships, etc.
• Classification systems for the living organisms have hence, undergone several changes over time.
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• R.H. Whittaker (1969) proposed a Five Kingdom Classification.
• The kingdoms defined by him were named Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.
• The main criteria for classification used by him include
1. cell structure, 2. thallus organisation, 3. mode of nutrition,4. reproduction and5. phylogenetic relationships. Table 2.1 gives a comparative account of different
characteristics of the five kingdoms.
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