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Amoeba

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Binary fission

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Extrinsic growth

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Snow mountain

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Intron

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No protein production

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Hydra

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Budding

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No reproduction

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Mute worker bees,infertile human couples etc

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In vitro

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Outside

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Which organism show true regeneration

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Planaria

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Reproduction

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Not exclusive defining characteristic of living organism

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Filamentous fungi,bryophyte..Mosses..protenema stage,fil. Algae

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Fragmentation

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Sum total of all chemical reactions in body

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Metabolism

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Synthesis of molecules

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Anabolism

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Break down of molecules

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Catabolism

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Defining feature of living organism

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Metabolism ,sensitivity

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Carolus linnaeus1751

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Binomial nomenclature

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Glucose synthesis by green plants

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Anabolic reaction

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Variability found among living organism

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Biodiversity ..Greek.. bio..life diversity.. forms

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Sensitivity

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Ability to detect change in the environment and give responses according

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Any change detected by organism

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Stimulus

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Photo period

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Length of day

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Self consciousness

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Only for human beings

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Scientific names are usually

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Latin

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Categorising organism on the basis of easily observable character

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Classification

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The specific term for the specific character of specific organism

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Taxa

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Branch of science dealing with the study of principles and procedures of classification

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Taxonomy

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Taxonomy based on observable morphological characters
Classical taxonomy
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Modern taxonomy studies
Study of external, internal, cell structure,development process, and ecological information of organism
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Systema -Latin
Means systemic arrangement of organism
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Processes that are basic to taxonomy
Characterisation,identification, classification and nomenclature
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Aristotle 384-322BC
divided living organism into animals,plants and human beings
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Systematics
Branch of science dealing with the diversity and comparative and evolutionary relationship between living organism
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Systema naturae
Book of Carolus Linnaeus
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Taxonomy-Greek
Taxis and momos
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Systematics
Characterisation, identification, nomenclature, classification along with evolutionary study
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Reasons for large scale biodiversity
Adaptation, change in genetic constitution,isolation
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Vedic literature
740 plants and 250 animals are identified and classified
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Life history of organism
Ontogeny
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Evolutionary history of organism
Phylogeny
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Taxonomy +phylogeny
Systematics
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Cabbage
Brassica oleracea var.capitata
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Classical or old or descriptive systematics
Based on morphological characters-basic unit is species -pioneer workers Aristotle and Linnaeus
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New systematics or bio systematics or neo systematics
Based on all characters -basic unit-population or sub species for new systematics .Term coined by Julian Huxley
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Founder of taxonomy
Aristotle
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Trinomial nomenclature
Proposed by Lamarck-3words
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Indian cow
Corvus Splendans Splendans
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Gorilla
Gorilla gorilla gorilla
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Indian Babul
Acacia Nilotica var indica
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Father of biology
Aristotle
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Father of zoology
Aristotle
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Binomial epithet of garden pea
Pisum sativum Linn
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Father of botany
Theophrastus
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Standardisation of scientific name for plants
ICBN and ICNCP
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Father of Indian botany or Indian herbaria
William Rouxburgh
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Taxonomic category
Unit of classification and represent rank in taxonomic hierarchy
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Taxon (plural -taxa)
grouping of organism based on easily observable common characteristics
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Existing species today
5-30 million
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Classification
Study organism easy and simple
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All taxonomic categories together constitute
Taxonomic hierarchy
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The word taxon signifies
Taxonomic group of any rank
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Taxonomically or scientifically known no. of species
1.7million or13 percent or17 lakh
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7 obligate categories
Kingdom,phylum. -animals division-plants,class,order,family,genus,species KPCOFGS
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Specificity
Decrease from species to kingdom which means higher category no. of similar characteristics less
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Taxonomic hierarchy
Species serves as the basic and lowest category
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Species
Organism capable of interbreeding and production of fertile offspring
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Potato
Solanum tuberosum ..solanum-genus ..tuberosum..species
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Black night shade or Makol
Solanum nigrum
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Brinjal,Eggplant
Solanum melange a
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Dog
Canis familiaris
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Wolf
Canis lupus
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Jackal
Canis aureus
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Lion
Panthers Leo
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Tiger
Panthera Tigris
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Leopard
Panthera pardus
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Biological concept of species -interbreeding that are reproductively isolated from such other groups
Ernst Mayr
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Humans
Homo sapiens
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Genus with only one species
Monotypic genus-Homo sapiens
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Genus with more than one species
Polytypic
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All related species are kept under
One common genus
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Solanaceae family
3 genera-Solanum,Patunia,Datura
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Liliaceae family
2 genera-Allium,Colchicum
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Felidae family
2-Felis-cat,Panthera-lion, tiger and snow leopard,
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Carnivora order
Family2-Felidae,canidae(both have canine teeth
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Polymoniales order(similar floral characters)
5 family-solanaceae, convolvulaceae, 3 more
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Class mammalia -milk producing glands and hair on skin
3orders-rodentia-rats,primata-monkey,gorilla and gibbon,Carnivora-cats and dog
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Phylum chordata -presence of notochord (dorsal hollow neural system)
Classes-fishes,amphibians,reptiles,birds and mammals
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Kingdom Animalia
All phyla lack cell wall and chlorophyll
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Kingdom Plantae
Rigid cell wall,photosynthesis

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