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taxonomy
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field of biology involved in naming, describing, and classifying
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extinct and extant species
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classification
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a branch of taxonomy that ranks and orders things |
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systematics
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field of biology concerned with the id of evolutionary relationships |
synonym for classification
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Phylogeny
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pattern of evolutionary descent
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Taxa
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monophyletic groups of organisms with shared characteristics
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Biological Species Concept
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group of organisms distributed into discrete populations can interbreed & reproduce fertile offspring
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population
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group of organisms of one species living in a certain area
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example: total people of Bardstown
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Archae, Bacteria & Eukarya
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three domains
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artificial classification
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constructed using observed characteristics of organisms |
flying wing creatures vs. nonflying creatures
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natural classification
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group together organisms descended from common ancestors
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homologies
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