Chapter 23, Problem 11TYU

Summary Introduction

To determine: The advantages of using domains, rather than kingdoms, as the highest rank of classification.

Introduction: In 1969, Robert Harding Whittaker proposed a classification system with five kingdoms (Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Monera, and Animalia) based on the structure of cells and the way organisms obtain nutrition from their surroundings. Carl Woese and his colleagues in 1977 proposed a three-domain biological classification. This classification divides organisms into Archaea, Eukarya, and Bacteria domains.