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14 Cards in this Set
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Biodiversity |
The variety of organisms considered at all levels, from populations to ecosystems |
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Taxonomy |
The science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms |
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Taxon |
Any particular group within a taxonomic system |
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Kingdom |
In a traditional taxonomic system, the highest taxonomic category, which contains a group of similar phyla |
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Binomial Nomenclature |
A system for giving each organism a two word scientific name that consists of the genus name followed by the species name |
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Subspecies |
A taxonomic classification below species that groups organisms that live in different geographical areas, differ morphologically from other populations of the species, but can interbreed with other populations of the species |
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Systematics |
The classification of living organisms in terms of their natural relationships, it includes describing, naming, and classifying the organisms |
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Phylogenetics |
The analysis of evolutionary, or ancestral, relationships between taxa |
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Phylogenetic Diagram |
A branching diagram that models the relationships by ancestry between different species or other taxonomic groups |
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Cladistics |
A phylogenetic classification system that uses shared derived characters and ancestry as the sole criterion for grouping taxa |
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Shared Character |
A feature that is shared by all members of a particular group of organisms |
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Derived Character |
A feature that evolved only within a particular taxonomic group |
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Clade |
A taxonomic grouping that includes only a single ancestor and all of its descendants |
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Cladogram |
A diagram that is based on patterns of shared, derived traits and that shows the evolutionary relationships between groups of organisms |
