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Bio Defintions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Taxonomy | the science of describing, naming, and classifying extant as well as extinct species |
| Phylogenetics | the study of evolutionary relationships among taxa - often species, individuals or genes (which may be referred to as taxa) |
| Systematics | the study of biological diversity & the evolutionary relationships among species, both living (extant) and extinct (died out) |
| Biological Species Concept (BSC) | a species is a group of individuals whose members have the potential to interbreed with one another, in nature, to produce viable, fertile offspring; but cannot successfully interbreed with members of other species |