Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Taxonomy is the branch of biology that deals in the grouping of species according to their evolutionary relatedness to other species. Carolus Linnaeus developed a system of classification called the taxonomic hierarchy. Accordingly, each species is placed into a domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family and genus. These are called taxonomic ranks. The domain is the broadest and species is the narrowest taxon (a group of organisms that are classified as a unit).
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