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M-Nin Ch.26
Phylogeny
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/22/2009

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Term
Binomial
Definition
Two-part format scientific name.
Term
Classification
Definition
The arrangement of organisms by their physical similarities, which reflect historical and evolutionary relationships.
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Phylogeny
Definition
Study of any relation among organisms.
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Taxonomy
Definition
The science of naming, describing, and classifying organisms.
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Phylogenetic Tree
Definition
A branching diagram that represents a hypothesis about the evolutionary history of a group of organisms.
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Systematics
Definition
A scientific discipline focused on classifying organisms and determining their evolutionary relationships.
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Clade
Definition
A group of species that includes an ancestral species and all its descendants.
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Taxon
Definition
A named taxomic unit at any given level of classification.
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