Taxonomy & Systematics

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Taxonomy & Systematics: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Classification of Organisms, Nomenclature in Biology, Systems of Nomenclature, Nomenclature Types, Taxonomy, Branches of Taxonomy, Practical Taxonomy, Phylogenetic Taxonomy, Numerical Taxonomy, and Systematics.

Important Questions on Taxonomy & Systematics

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New Systematics introduced by Sir Julian Huxley is also called

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Karyotaxonomy is the modern branch of classification which is based on

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The study of different kinds of organisms, their diversities and relationship among them is studied in:

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New systematics introduced by Sir Julian Huxley is also called

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Who is regarded as the 'Father of Taxonomy'?

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Term systematics was used by Linnaeus. It includes:

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Species are considered as a

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The unit of classification containing concrete biological entities is

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Basic unit of classification of organisms is

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Who coined the term taxonomy?

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The smallest unit of classification is

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Carl Linnaeus is famous for

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Which is the first step of taxonomy?

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Which is not a unit of taxonomic category?

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Inbreeding is possible between two members of 

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One of the following categories includes the most closely linked organisms. It is

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In classification, the category below the level of the family is

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Binomial nomenclature was given by

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A community includes

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Two organisms of same class but different families will be kept under the same