- biological species: group of natural___________________ that are capable of ____________________ and producing ___________________ offspring.
- Scientific name:____________+ __________________ name.
- only useful for _________________________reproducing organisms. Useless for _________________________reproducing species.
- ________________________ ________________________: occurs when a barrier separates two or more groups of organisms, and prevents them from interbreeding
- The most general level of classification is
- A _______________ is a branching diagram, used to show evolutionary relationships in groups of shared derived characters
- An important part of Linnaeus's system was assigning each species, a two-part scientific name, which was
- ________________: 2k years ago. Greek philosopher, and naturalist that classified organisms according to_____________________________________
- the phylogenetic analysis of rRNA nucleotide sequences led to a new "tree of life" consisting of....?
- Unique characteristics used in cladistics are called
- molecular similarities, such as similar amino acid or nucleotide sequences, as well as chromosome comparisons can help determine what?
- Linnaeus developed a system for naming and classifying organisms, which is called
- The main criterion used in linear system of classification is an organisms
- a _____________ is a taxonomic category containing similar species
- What does cladistic's use as the only criterion for grouping taxa
- Who devised a seven level hierarchical system for classifying organisms, according to their form and structure?
- a _______________ is the smallest grouping, which contains only one kind of organism
- Evolutionary relationships are displayed in a branching diagram called a
- there are __________________ different types of organisms on earth!
- Orders with common properties are combined into a _________