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13 Cards in this Set
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Taxonomy
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the science of naming and classifying organisms
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Binomial Nomenclature
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a system that gives each species a two-part scientific name using Latin words.
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Genus
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includes one or more physically similar species that are closely related
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Phylogeny
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the evolutionary history for a group of species
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Cladistics
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the classification based on on common ancestory
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Cladogram
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an evolutionary tree that proposes how species may be related to each other through common ancestors.
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Derived characters
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traits that can be used to figure out evolutionary relationships among a group of species are those that are shared by some species but are not present in others
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Molecular clocks
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models that use mutation rates to measure evolutionary time
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mitochondrial DNA
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DNA found only in mitochondria, the energy factories of cells.
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Ribosomal RNA
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ribosomes, the organelles that manufacture proteins in cells, contain this
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Bacteria
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includes single-celled prokaryotes in the kingdom Bacteria
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Archaea
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single celled prokayotes.`
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Eukarya
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made up of all organisms with eukaryotic cell
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