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Taxonomy |
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Discipline of classifying organisms and assigning each organism a university accepted name. |
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Binomial Nomenclature
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Classification system in which each species is assigned a two-part scientific name. |
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Genus |
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A group of closely related species. |
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Taxon |
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Group or level of organization into which organisms are classified. |
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Family |
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Group of genera that share many characteristics. |
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Order |
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Group of similar families. |
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Class |
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Group of similar orders. |
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Phylum |
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Group of closely related classes. |
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Kingdom |
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Large taxonomic group, consisting of closely related phyla. |
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Phylogeny |
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The study of evolutionary relationships among organisms. |
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