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Taxonomy
01
the systematic classification of plants and animals, based on their shared characteristics and evolutionary relationships
02
the scientific discipline of classifying and naming organisms based on their evolutionary relationships and shared characteristics
Example
Biologists use taxonomy to categorize a newly discovered species into its appropriate genus and species based on its morphological and genetic traits.
The study of phylogenetics helps clarify evolutionary relationships between species, contributing to the refinement of taxonomy.
Carl Linnaeus is often credited as the father of modern taxonomy for establishing the binomial nomenclature system still used today.
03
a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc