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15 Cards in this Set
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systematics
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study and reconstruction of phylogenies
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taxonomy
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the science of classifying and naming organisms
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phylogeny
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evolutionary tree; explanation of evolutionary relationships among groups (what evolved from what, in what order, and when)
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domain
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the highest level of classification in the modern system
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kingdom
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related phyla or divisions
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phylum
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related classes
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class
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related orders
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order
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related families
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family
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a group of related genera
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genus
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a group of closely related specied
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specific epithet
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genus and the specific epithet mae up the binomial name used to name species
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domain archaea
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kingdom archaebacteria
bacteria typically found in extreme environments, distinguished from other bacteria mainly by RNA sequence and pack of peptidoglycan in their cell walls, include methanogens, extreme halophiles, and extreme thermophiles, some nonextreme archae exist(distinguished from eubacteria by sequences of DNA |
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species
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basic unit of classification or taxonomy
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extremophile
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a prokaryote that lives in an extreme environment. Include methanogens, extreme halophiles, and extreme thermophiles
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methanogen
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a microorganism that obtains energy by using carbon dioxide to oxidize hydrogen, producing mathane as a waste product
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