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Classification

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action or process of classifying something according to shared qualities or characteristics

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Taxonomy

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classification of something, especially organisms

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Binomial nomenclature

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system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism

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Taxon

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taxonomic group of any rank, such as a species, family, or class

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Genus

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principal taxonomic category that ranks above species and below family

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Family

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one of the eight major taxonomic ranks

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Order

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taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes

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Class

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life, domain, kingdom, phylum, order, family, genus, and species, with class fitting between phylum and order

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Phylum

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principal taxonomic category that ranks above class and below kingdom

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Division

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two methods of organizing and explaining information

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Kingdom

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highest classification into which living organisms are grouped in Linnean taxonomy

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Domain

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highest taxonomic rank of organisms in the three-domain system

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Phylogeny

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branch of biology that deals with phylogenesis

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Characters

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any observable feature, or trait, of an organism, whether acquired or inherited

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Molecular clock

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technique that uses the mutation rate of biomolecules to deduce the time in prehistory when two or more life forms diverged

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Cladistics

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method of classification of animals and plants according to the proportion of measurable characteristics that they have in common

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Cladogram

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branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species

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Archaea

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Archaea constitute a domain and kingdom of single-celled microorganisms

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Protists

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protist is any eukaryotic organism that is not an animal, plant or fungus

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Fungus

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fungus is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds etc…