Biol unit 2 Biodiversity

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Classification

Phylogenetic

Phylogenetic Tree

- Putting item into groups

- Reflecting evolutionary relatedness

- Diagram showing the descent (tip), with living organisms and ancestral species (branch, and trunk), with branch points representing common ancestors. The lengths of branches indicate the

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Taxon (plural = taxa)

- Any group within a system of classification

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What is the Hierarchy of bio classification ?

Domain > Kingdom > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Genus > Species

Hierarchy - A system of ranking in which small groups are nested components of larger groups

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What are the three domains ?

Eubacteria : Prokaryotes (bacteria - Salmonella and E.coli )

Archaea : Gen methane, Extremophiles

Eukaryote : Plantae, Animalia, Fungi and Protoctista.

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Difference between Species and Genus

Specie can interbreed and produce fertile offspring, Genus can't produce fertile offspring.

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- Any group within a system of classification

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Biol unit 2 Biodiversity