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| the variety of organisms considered at all levels from populations to ecosystems |
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| science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms |
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| any particular category in a taxonomic system |
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| largest category in the biological taxonomic system |
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| subsets below the domain level |
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| subset below the kingdom level |
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| subset below the kingdom level in plants only |
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| subset below the phylum/division level |
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| subset below the class level |
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| subset below the order level |
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| subset below the family level |
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| subset below the level genus |
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| the two name naming system that involves identifying organisms by their genus and species |
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| refer to variations of a species that live in different areas |
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| classifying organisms based on natural relationships |
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| the analysis of the evolutionary or ancestral relationships among taxa |
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| diagram that looks like a family tree and shows how closely related taxa are. |
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| a phylogenetic system that uses shared and derived characteristics for classifying |
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| a feature that all members of a group have in common |
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| a feature that evolved only within a certain group |
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| term that describes a group of organisms and their ancestors |
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| phylogenetic diagram that is developed using cladistics |
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| made up of small, single celled prokaryotic organisms that have a cell wall and reproduce through binary fission |
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| single celled prokaryotic organisms that live in harsh environments and are capable of chemosynthesis |
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| this domain includes all eukaryotic organisms |
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| kingdom that includes "true bacteria" |
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| "ancient bacteria", they are diffrent enough from true bacteria that they have their own group |
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| a kingdom for eukaryotes that are not plants, animals, or fungi |
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| kingdom consists eukaryotes that are heterotrophic and unicellular or multicellular (molds, smuts, mildew, mushrooms). |
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| the kingdom that includes eukaryotic multicellular plants |
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| the kingdom that includes eukaryotic, multicellular, and heterotrophic organisms that develop from embryos |
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