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Classification

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grouping of objects

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Taxonomy

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identifying and naming

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3
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Binomial nomenclature

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scientific name

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Taxon

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characteristics

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Genus

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group of species that are closely related

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family

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groups of related genera

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order

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related families

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class

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related orders

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phylum

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related classes

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division

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related classes

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kingdom

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taxon composed of related phyla

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domain

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broadest of all the taxa

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phylogeny

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history of species

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14
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Characters

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inherited features

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15
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Molecular clock

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model to compare DNA

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Cladistics

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classifies organisms

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Cladogram

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branching diagram

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Archaea

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species classified

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Protists

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eukaryotic organisms

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fungus

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unicellular or multicellular eukaryote