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classification
grouping of objects or organisms
taxonomy
The discipline of biology primarily concerned with identifying and naming and classifying species based on natural relationships
binomial nomenclature
Gives each species the scientific name that has two parts
taxon
Texar range from having brought diagnostic characteristics to having specific characteristics
genus
A group of species that are closer related
family
Consists of similar or related Generra
order
Contains related families
class
Contains two related orders
phylum
Contains two related classes
division
Contains two related classes of plants and bacteria
kingdom
Taxon composed of related phyla or divisions
domain
Brightest of all the tax are in contains one or more kingdoms
phylogeny
Evolutionary history of a species
characters
Inherited features that very among species
molecular clock
A model that is used to compare DNA sequences from two different species to estimate how long is species have been evolving since they diverge from a common ancestor
cladistics
Method that classifies organisms according to the order that they diverge from a common ancestor
cladogram
A branching diagram that represents the proposed Fila Jenny or evolutionary history of a species our group
archaea
The species classified and domain I thought to be more ancient the bacteria
protists
Eukaryotic organisms that can be unicellularColonial or multicellular
fungus
Are unicellular or multicellular eukaryotes that absorbs nutrients from organic materials
