Vocabulary
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| Binomial Nomenclature | Linnaeus’s system of naming organisms, which gives us a scientific two-word Latin name to each species-the first part is the genus name & the second is the specific epithet.
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| Class | Taxonomic group that contains one or more related orders.
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| Classification | Grouping of organisms or objects based on a set of criteria that helps organize, communicate, & retain information.
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| Division | Taxonomic term used instead of phylum to group related classes of plants & bacteria.
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| Domain | Taxonomic group of one or more kingdoms.
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| Family | Taxonomic group of similar, related genera that is smaller than a fenus & larder than an order.
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| Genus | Taxonomic group of closely related species with a common ancestor.
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| Kingdom | Taxonomic group of related phyla or divisions.
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| Order | Taxonomic group that contains related families.
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| Phylum | Taxonomic group of related classes.
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| Taxon | Named group of organisms, such as a phylum, genus, or species.
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| Taxonomy | Branch of biology that identifies, names, & classifies species based on their natural relationships.
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| Character | Inherited morphological or biochemical feature tat varies among species & can be used to determine patterns of descent.
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| Cladistics | Taxonomic method that models evolutionary relationships based on shared derived characters & phylogenetic trees.
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| Cladogram | Diagram with branches that represents the hypothesized phylogeny or evolution of a species or group; uses bioinformatics, morphological studies, & information form DNA studies.
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| Molecular Clock | Model that uses comparisons of DNA sequences to estimate phylogeny & rate of evolutionary change.
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| Phylogeny | Evolutionary history of a species.
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| Archaea | Prokaryotes whose cell walls do not contain peptidoglycan.
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| Fungus | Unicellular or multicellular eukaryote that is stationary, absorbs nutrients from organic materials into the environment, & has cell walls that contain chitin.
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| Protist | Unicellular, multicellular, or colonial eukaryotic whose cell walls may contain cellulose; can be plant like, animal-like, or funguslike.
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