Grouping species together Flashcards

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What is artificial classification

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Artificial classification is the ordering of organisms into groups on the basis of non-evolutionary features (e.g. the grouping together of plants according to the number and situation of their stamens, styles, and stigmas

or animals size ,number of legs colour

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Phylogenetic classification

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A phylogenetic classification system attempts to arrange species into groups based on their evolutionary origins and relationships.

arranges species into groups using shared features derived from ancestors

arranges group into hierarchy in which groups are put into larger composite groups with no overlap

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taxonomy ranks

think mnemonic

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domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species

“Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Soup

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