Part A: Taxonomy & Binomial Nomenclature
• Answer either Pre-Lab questions or In Person questions about Taxonomy and Binomial Nomenclature using the information in the introduction to Lab 6.

Part B:
Cladograms
• Use THIS Cladogram (not the one in the introduction) to answer either Pre-Lab question or the questions in the first section Part B of Lab 6 Lab Report.

Cladograms.
How to build a Cladogram from a Table
- Place the one characteristic these organisms all have in common in the oval at the bottom of the cladogram.
- Place the characteristic that most of the organisms have in common in the oval just above the previous one.
- Write the name of any organisms that do not have the shared characteristic you wrote in the second oval in the rectangle at the top of the first branch of the cladogram.
- Continue like this until you get to the top of the Cladogram where there will be an organism that has a characteristic that none of the others have.

Use the information in Table 6.1 in the lab manual to build the Cladogram below.

Fill in the Cladogram below using the information in Table 6.1 above.

How to create a Table to help you make a Cladogram
- Look at the description of each organism.Create a table with a row for every characteristic given.
- Create a column for each organism named.Place an “X” in any box that that organism has.
- Find the row with a characteristic that all these organisms share.
- Just like above use this information to create a Cladogram.

Use the information provided below to complete the Table 6.2.

Use the information above to complete Table 6.2.
- Place the names of the organisms along the top (Light blue boxes).
- Place each characteristic down the first column (light gray boxes).
- Place an X next to each characteristic the organism has.
Helpful Hint: use these characteristics to complete the table: Has only 2 eyes, Heart-shaped head, Is a Gummy Monster, Open mouth, Teeth are visible.

Use the information in the table you filled in above to build a cladogram. Place the characteristics in the ovals and the names of the organisms in the rectangles at the top of each branch (questions 59 – 68).

Now you will create a more complex table and cladogram.

Using the information provided below to complete the Table 6.3.
- Place the names of the organisms along the top (Light blue boxes).
- Place each characteristic down the first column (light gray boxes).
- Place an X next to each characteristic the organism has.
Helpful Hint – use these characteristics: Animal, Amnionic egg, Boney skeleton, Hair & Mammary glands, Opposable thumb, Vertebrate, 4 limbs. (Questions 69 – 131).‍

Use the information in the table you filled in to build a more complex cladogram.
- Place the characteristics in the ovals and the names of the organisms in the rectangles at the top of each branch on the next slide (questions 132 – 145). 

Part C: Diversity and Classification of Organisms in the Domain Eukarya.
• You will visit the exhibits on the second floor of the S building to view some of the many diverse forms of animal life.
• Using Display Case C locate the specimens shown on the slides below and in your Lab Report. For each specimen fill in the information requested in the space provided in the Lab Report.
• Notice the incredible morphological variations among the animal species.

Part D:
Dichotomous Key
Salmon Dichotomous Key
• Salmon is an extremely popular fish across the USA, Canada, and Europe. They are found on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the USA, Canada, and Europe. Some of the Salmon fish species are overfished and endangered, threatened or protected. They are highly nutritious with high concentrations of omega-3 fatty acids. You should be interested to identify salmon species using a dichotomous identification key.
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How to use the Dichotomous key.
• ALWAYS start with question 1, from there you are told to move to another question.
• follow along until you come to the common and scientific name for each of the salmon species shown in the figure below the Salmon dichotomous key.

Use the dichotomous key above to identify each of the salmon species in the image below.

Butterfly Dichotomous Key
• Using the dichotomous key provided below, determine the scientific name (be sure to write them correctly) for each butterfly in the image provided.
• After identifying the scientific name, research and find out the common name. Have you seen any of these butterflies before?
How to use the Dichotomous key.
• ALWAYS start with question 1, from there you are told to move to another question.
• In this key, if the hind edge of the wing is smooth you go to question 2. If the hind wing edge is wavy you jump to question 6.
• If you try to take shortcuts you will get the incorrect answer.
• If you have used the dichotomous key correctly than all 6 scientific names in the key will be used only once.
• Use the slides below to learn some basic butterfly anatomy.

• Use dichotomous Key below and the images of the butterflies to identify them and answer questions in Part C of Lab 6 Lab Report.

Use the dichotomous key above to identify each of the butterflies below.

After you have submitted your Lab Report Via Google please go to Blackboard, select the Lecture & Lab Materials folder for this week and then select "Lab 6 Lab Report: Post Statement here when completed". Select "Write Submission" and type in "I have submitted my Lab Report Via Google docs"
This will allow me to enter a grade that you can see on Blackboard in your grade book for each lab.

Many thanks to Sarwar Jahangir for his work on the Salmon dichotomous key.

Non-majors College Biology Lab Manual © 2021 by Marie McGovern Ph.D. is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0