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BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE

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Scientific name of a species that consists of two parts, the genus name and the specific species name. Apis mellifera

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SYSTEMATICS

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Reconstruction and study of evolutionary relationships.

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PHYLOGENY

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Evolutionary (relationship) history of an organism, including which species are closely related and in what order related species evolved, often represented in the form of an evolutionary tree

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TAXONOMY

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Science of classifying living things, by agreement among taxonomists, no two organisms can have the same name, and all names are expressed in Latin.

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TAXON

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Group or category

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PHENETICS

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Classify organisms based on overall similarity, usually in morphology or other observable traits, regardless of their phylogeny or evolutionary relation

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CLADISTICS

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Taxonomic technique used to creating hierarchies of organisms that represent true phylogenetic relationship and descent

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CLADE

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Contains a common ancestor and all of its descendants who share the common characteristic

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DERIVED CHARACTERISTIC

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Characteristic used in taxonomic analysis representing a departure from the primitive form

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EUKARYOTE

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Cell characterized by membrane bounded organelles, most notably the nucleus, and one that possesses chromosomes whose DNA is associated with proteins an organism composed of such cells.

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PROKARYOTE

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Bacterium a cell lacking a membrane-bounded nucleus or membrane-bounded organelles.

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AUTOTROPH

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Organism able to build all the complex organic molecules that it requires as its own food source using only simple inorganic compounds.

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HETEROTROPH

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Organism that cannot derive energy from photosynthesis or inorganic chemicals and so must feed on other plants and animals obtaining chemical energy by degrading their organic molecules.