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What is Systematics? |
the branch of biology that deals with classification and nomenclature; taxonomy. |
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What is a taxon? |
Taxonomic group of any rank such as family, class,genus ,species |
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Who is Carl Linneaus and what did he do? |
naming, ranking, and classifying organisms |
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What is nomenclature? |
formal scientific naming of organisms treated as animals |
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What is the order of taxonomic categories? |
Domain, Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species |
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What is the standard for naming new species? |
International Zoology Society |
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What is binomial nomenclature? |
two terms used to indicate a species of living organism , 1st indicating genus, 2nd giving the specific characteristic. |
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What does polyphyletic mean? |
A group of organisms derived from more than one common evolutionary ancestor |
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How many Domains are there? |
Only three domains |
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What does phylogeny mean? |
the branch of biology that deals with phylogenesis |
