taxonomy - field of biology where organisms are organized into groups of related individuals, assigning each a scientific name, classification - a way of separating a large group of closely related organisms into smaller subgroups, Carolus Linnaeus - Swedish naturalist who developed a classification hierarchy and naming system in the 1700's, taxonomists - study the diversity of organisms and use a system to organize them into groups in terms of their biochemistry, physical characteristics, evolutionary history, and genetic makeup, cladogram - a branching diagram which is used to show how species are related through common ancestors, dichotomous keys - a tool scientist use to group organisms by a series of related questions,

Introduction to Taxonomy

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