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CellBiology
Classification
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Classification | identifications of objects and gathers them in to groups whose members are similar to one another. |
| Taxonomy | science of naming organisms & assigning them to groups |
| Binomial Nomenclature | two part naming of an organism |
| Taxon | categories into which organisms are classified or sorted |
| Species | a population of an organism |
| Genus | first part of a name |
| Family | classifications of a group of closely related genera |
| Order | classifications of several families of similar organism |
| Class | classification category of related orders |
| Phylum | category made of several classes of differnt organisms that share important characteristics |
| Kingdom | highest ranking classification of living organisms that falls into one of the six major group |
| Domain | largest category to classify life forms |
| Dichotomous Key | key to use identify plant or animal |
| Phylogeny | development or evolution of a particular group of organisms |
| Cladogram | phylogenetic tree constructd from a series of 2-way brach points, ancestral relationships |