Classification and variation

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Capabale of breading to produce living, fertile offspring
Species
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A system of naming and identifying organisms; consists of two names
Binomial system
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The branch of science concerned with classification, especially of organisms
Taxonomy
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The first section of the binomial name (denotes genus)
Generic
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The second section of the bionmial name (denotes species)
Specific
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Divides organisms according to evolutionary relationships, ancestry and heirarchy
Phylogenetic classification
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Divides organisms according to analogous characteristics
Artificial classification
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A group of single-celled prokaryotes with 70s ribosomes, cell walls and singular loops of DNA
Bacteria
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A group of single-celled prokaryotes with similar genes to eukaryotes, fatty acid membranes and complex RNA polymerase
Archaea
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A group of organisms with cells containing membrane-bound organelles, 80s ribosomes and fatty acid membranes
Eukarya
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A system of naming and identifying organisms; consists of two names

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The first section of the binomial name (denotes genus)

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