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CellBioClassificatio
Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Classification | Identification of objects and gathers them into groups whose members are similar to one another. |
| Taxonomy | Science of naming organisms and 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 | Classification of a group of closely related genera. |
| Order | Classification of several families of similar organism. |
| Class | Classification category of related orders. |
| Phylum | Category made of several classes of different organisms that share important characteristics. |
| Kingdom | Highest ranking classification of living organisms that falls into one of the six major groups. |
| 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 | Phylogene tree construded from a series of 2-way branch points, ancestral relationships. |