classification key words

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phylogenetic tree
is a branching diagram showing the inferred evolutionary relationships amongst various plant and animal species
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evolutionary relationship
is two organsims share and evolutionary relationship that means they have a common ansestor on the evolutionary tree
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hierarchical classification
a classification system where the entires are based on some hierarchical structure
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classification
the act or process id divided into groups according to their type
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taxonomy
a system for naming things and organsing things, especially plants and animals into groups which share similiar qualitys
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kingdom
a taxonomy rank which is the highest
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phylum
a large group of all the classes which share common features
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class
a grouping of similar orders
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order
a grouping of related familys
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family
a grouping of similar genus
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genus
a group of species which are closely related
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species
a group or organisms which share a number of common characteristics and can interbreed to produce fertile offpring.
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