Chapter 17
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| Taxonomy | Science of classifying and naming organisms.
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| Taxon (plural: taxa) | Level within the Linnaean system of classification (kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, or species) that is organized into a nested hierarchy.
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| Binomial Nomenclature | Naming system in which each species is given a two-part scientific name (genus and species) using Latin words.
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| Genus | First name in binomial nomenclature; the second most specific taxon in the Linnaean classification system that includes one or more physically similar species, which are thought to be closely related.
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| Phylogeny | Evolutionary history of a group of related species.
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| Cladistics | Method of organizing species by evolutionary relationships in which species are grouped according to the other that they diverged from their ancestral line.
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| Cladogram | Diagram that displays proposed evolutionary relationships among a group of species.
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| Derived Characteristic | Trait that differs in structure or function from that found in the ancestral line for a group of species; used in constructing cladograms.
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| Molecular Clock | Theoretical clock that uses the rate of mutation to measure evolutionary time.
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| Mitochondrial DNA | DNA found only in mitochondria, often used as a molecular clock.
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| Ribosomal RNA | RNA that is in the ribosome and guides the translation of mRNA in to a protein; also used as a molecular clock.
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| Bacteria | One of three domains of life, containing single-celled prokaryotes in the kingdom bacteria.
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| Archaea | One of three domains of life, containing single-celled prokaryotes in the kingdom Archaea.
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| Eukarya | One of the three domains of life, contains all eukaryotes in kingdoms Protista, Plantae, Fungi, and Animalia.
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