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Taxonomy, diversity and classification
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what is courtship behaviour?
behaviours of closely related species are more similar, the ability to display behaviours is
genetically
determined and increases chances of
survival
what is artificial classification?
Grouping organisms based on easily observable characteristics such as
colour
or
size
what is phylogenetic classification?
Grouping
organisms
based on their
evolutionary
relationships.
what is the order of taxonomy?
domain
,
kingdom
, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
what system is used to name species?
binomial system-
1st part of the species names= is the genus (written in caps) 2nd part of the name is the
species
(lower case)
hierarchy
of phylogenetic classification is where
smaller
groups are placed within larger groups with no overlap