Classification

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Classification

Answer 1

the action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics.

Question 2

Taxonomy

Answer 2

the branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms

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Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 3

the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet.

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Taxon

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a taxonomic group of any rank, such as a species, family, or class.

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Genus

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a principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family

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Family

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all the descendants of a common ancestor.

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Order

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the arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.

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Class

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a set or category of things having some property or attribute in common and differentiated from others by kind, type, or quality

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Phylum

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a principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom.

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Division

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the action of separating something into parts, or the process of being separated.

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Kingdom

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a taxonomic category of the highest rank, grouping together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common

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Domain

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the highest taxonomic rank of organisms in the three-domain system of taxonomy designed by Carl Woese, an American microbiologist and biophysicist.

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Phylogeny

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the branch of biology that deals with phylogenesis.

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Characters

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any observable feature, or trait, of an organism, whether acquired or inherited.

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Molecular Clock

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the average rate at which a species’ genome accumulates mutations, used to measure their evolutionary divergence and in other calculations.

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Cladistics

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a method of classification of animals and plants according to the proportion of measurable characteristics that they have in common. It is assumed that the higher the proportion of characteristics that two organisms share, the more recently they diverged from a common ancestor.

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Cladogram

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a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species.

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Archaea

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another term for archaebacteria.

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Protists

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any of a diverse taxonomic group and especially a kingdom

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Fungus

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any of a group of unicellular, multicellular, or syncytial spore-producing organisms feeding on organic matter, including molds, yeast, mushrooms, and toadstools.