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Species |
A group of organisms that are able to reproduce and give fertile offspring |
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Binomial name consists of |
Genus and species |
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Rules of binomial naming system |
Italicised, genus written with a capital letter, species written with a lower case letter |
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One hierarchy comprises the taxa |
Domain, kingdom , phylum, class, order, family, genus, species |
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Mneumpnoc to remember the hierarchy |
Kids prefer chicken over fried green spinach |
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3 domains |
Archaea, bacteria, eukarya |
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Aim of the phylogenetic classification system |
Arranges species into groups based on evolutionary relationships. It uses a hierarchy in which smaller groups are placed within larger groups, with no overlap between groups |
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Taxa |
The series of groups within a hierarchy |
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Techniques used to help classify species |
Comparing DNA, mRNA and amino acid sequences |
