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ch 14 biology

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the science of naming and classifying organisms taxonomy
2 word system for naming organisms binomial nomenclature
taxonomic category containing similar species genus
similar genera are grouped into family
similar families are combined into order
orders with common properties are united in a class
classes with similar characteristics are assigned to a phylum
similar phyla are collected into a kingdom
similar kingdoms are grouped into domain
as a group of natural populations that are interbreeding or that could interbreed and that are reproductively isolated from other such group biological species
evolutionary history phylogeny
similarities evolve in organisms not closely related to one another convergent evolution
similarities that arise through convergent evolution are called analogous characters
method of analysis that reconstructs phylogenies by inferring relationships based on shared characters cladistics
it evolved in a common ancestor of both groups ancestral character
evolved in an ancestor of one group but not of the other derived character
a biologist using cladistics construct a branching diagram called a cladogram
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