Which is the correct order of the taxonomic categories, going frommost specific to most general?a. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, speciesb. division, domain, kingdom, class, family, genus, speciesc. species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domaind. species, family, class, order, phylum, kingdom

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Which is the correct order of the taxonomic categories, going from
most specific to most general?
a. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
b. division, domain, kingdom, class, family, genus, species
c. species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain
d. species, family, class, order, phylum, kingdom

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