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Classification - Coggle Diagram
Classification
Family trees: shows relationships between organisms
cladograms - evolutionary tree made using cladistics
based on physical characteristics
clade - group of species that share a common ancestor
phylogenetic trees
based on molecular info
look at differences between amino acid sequences of specific protein or bases of nucleic acid sequences of DNA
Applications of phylogenetic
conservation
medicine
forensics
classification is based on things organisms share in common with similar organisms
phylogeny
- evolutionary history of group of organisms
systematics
- study of diversity of life for purpose of understanding evolutionary relationships between species
taxonomy
- branch of science associated with identification and classification of new organism
taxons
- groups of organism that fill particular classification
8 taxa
Class
Order
Phylum
Family
Kingdom
Genus
Domain
Species