Taxonomy
is the theory and practice of identifying animals. In fact, taxonomy deals with
the principles involved in the study of classification of organisms. It is the
functional science which deals with identification, nomenclature and
classification of different kinds of organisms all over the world. Taxonomy is
the most important branch of systematic and thus systematics is a broader area
than taxonomy. The classical taxonomy is based on observable morphological
characters with normal individuals considered to be expression of the same
while their variations are believed to be imperfect expressions. Classical
taxonomy originated with Plato followed by Aristotle (Father of Zoology),
Theophrastus (Father of Botany) up to Linnaeus (Father of Taxonomy) and his
contemporaries. Systematics is the key to understand fascinating biodiversity
around us. Systematics benefits the human beings by providing the fundamental
knowledge about the sustainable resource management, environmental protection,
and landscape preservation to food security. Systematic biology provides the
skill to make policies for successful implementation of preservation and
management of our biodiversity, which is critical to have long term quality of
life for us as well as to our nature. Biologists and taxonomists have made many
attempts to define species, beginning from morphology and moving towards
genetics. Early taxonomists such as Linnaeus had no option but to describe what
they saw: this was later formalised as the typological or morphological species
concept. The present book provides a comprehensive account of the general
principles and modern trends in the taxonomy of animals.
DETAILS | |
AUTHOR'S NAME | DR. SAADUZ ZAFAR ALI, DR. SAEEDUT ZAFAR ALI |
ISBN | 978-81-945367-6-5 |
EDITION | 2020 |
LANGUAGE | ENGLISH |
BINDING | HB |
SIZE | ROYAL |
PAGES | 316 |
PUBLISHER | AKHAND PUBLISHING HOUSE |