Section outline

  • Session 1

    • The need for names in an applied context (food labelling, risk groups of microorganisms, search and discovery in biotechnology)
    • Names are the result of taxonomic studies

      • What is a species? How do we circumscribe species?
      • Identification, classification and nomenclature
      • Procedures and resources

    • Evolution in taxonomy: phylogenetic trees as tools for inferring relationships among genes and organisms