Classification

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Grouping of objects or organisms based on a set of criteria

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Classification

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identifying, naming, and classifying species based on natural relationships

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Taxonomy

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Gives each species a scientific name and has two parts

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Binomial nomenclature

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A named group of organisms

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Taxon

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a defined group of species that are closely related and share a common ancestor

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Genus

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next higher taxon, consisting of similar, related genera

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Family

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contains related families

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Order

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contains related orders

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Class

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classifying animals

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Phylum

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classifying plants

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Division

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taxon composed of related of related phyla or divisions

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Kingdom

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broadest of all the taxa and contains one or more kingdoms

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Domain

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evolutionary history of a species

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Phylogeny

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inherited species that vary among species

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Characters

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is a model that is compared two DNA sequences to estimate how long they have been evolving since they diverged from a common ancestor

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Molecular clock

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method that classify organisms according to the order that they diverged from a common ancestor

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Cladistics

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branching diagrams that represents the proposed phylogeny or evolutionary history of a species or group

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Cladogram

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the species classified in Domain Archaea are thought to be more ancient than bacteria and yet more closely related to euokaryote ancestors

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Archaea

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eukaryotic organisms that can be unicellular, colonial, or multicellular

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Protists

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unicellular or multicultural eukarote that absorbs nutrients from organic materials in its environment

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Fungus