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21 Cards in this Set
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two word naming system developed by Linnaeus
in which each species is assigned a two part name |
Binomial Nomenclature
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a group of similar species
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genus
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the science of naming and grouping organisms
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systematics
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group or level of organization into which organisms are classified
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taxon
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several genera that share many similarities are grouped into these
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families
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closely related families are grouped here
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orders
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similar orders are grouped here
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Class
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classes are grouped here
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phylum
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the largest and most inclusive of Linneaus's taxonomy catagories
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Kingdom
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also called evolutionary classification
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phylogeny
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evolutionary history of lineages
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phylogeny
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groups species into larger categories that reflect lines of evolutionary descent, rather than overall similarities and differences.
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phylogenetic systematics
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groups species into larger categories that reflect lines of evolutionary descent, rather than overall similarities and differences.
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phylogenetic systematics
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a group of species that includes a single common ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor-living and extinct
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clade
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a single ancestor and all its descendants
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monophyletic group
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links groups of organisms by showing how evolutionary lines, or lineages, branched off from common ancestors
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cladogram
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a trait that arose in the most recent common ancestor of a particular lineage and was passed along to its descendants
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derived character
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a larger more inclusive category than a kingdom
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domain
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unicellular and prokaryotic members
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bacteria
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unicellular and prokaryotic members
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archaea
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all organisms that have a nuclues
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eukarya
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