Concept and use of a classification system.
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- Created on: 14-02-18 15:58
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- Use of a classification system.
- Organisms can be classified into the group they share.
- Species.
- Species are a group of organisms that can reproduce to produce fertile offspring.
- Binomial system.
- The binomial system is an international agreed system in which the scientific name of an organism is made up of two parts showing the genus and species.
- The aim of classification systems.
- The aim of classification system is to reflect evolutionary relationships.
- Classification is traditionally based on studies of morphology and anatomy.
- Accurate means of classification.
- The sequences of bases in DNA and amino acids in proteins.
- Organisms which share a more recent ancestor are more closely related because they have base sequences in DNA that are more similar than those that share only a distant ancestor.
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