Bio Chapter 18+ Flashcards
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Systematics
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Science of naming and grouping organisms
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Taxonomy
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Classification of organisms based on shared characteristics
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Phylogenetic systematics
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A system of placing organisms into larger categories that reflects evolutionary to send rather than similarities or differences
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Phylogeny
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Study of how living and extinct organisms are related to one another
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Node
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Last point at which the two new species share a common ancestor
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RoOt
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The common ancestor of the organisms in the cladogram
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Which bacteria lives in the most extreme conditions
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Archae
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Which bacteria makes you sick
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Eubacteria