taxonomy
Taxonomies aim to group organisms according to shared characteristics against the background of biological diversity.
The major subdivisions employed in general taxonomies are: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species. The mnemonic "Dashing King Philip Came Over From Greater Spain" applies.
Phenetic system: groupings of organisms based on mutual similarity of phenotypic (physical and chemical) characteristics. Phenetic groupings may or may not correlate with evolutionary relationships.
Numerical Taxonomies are a common approach to phenetic taxonomy that employ a number of phenotypic characteristics to generate similarity coefficients that may be mapped in dendrograms. Groupings based on numerical taxonomy may or may not correlate with evolutionary relationships.
Alphabetic links to Glossary items:
◦ A ◦ B ◦ C ◦ D ◦ E ◦ F ◦ G ◦ H ◦ I ◦ J ◦ K ◦ L ◦ M ◦ N ◦ O ◦ P ◦ Q ◦ R ◦ S ◦ T ◦ U ◦ V ◦ W ◦ X ◦ Y ◦ Z ◦ animation index ◦ diagram index ◦ image index ◦ micrograph index ◦ table index ◦ sem/tem index ◦ video index ◦
Companion Sites : Gray Sites α Abiogenesis & Evolution √ Algorithms of Evolution ¤ Cancer סּ Cell Biology ~ Chemistry of Life Ω Complex Systems ººº Cyanobacteria ◊ Enzymes ₪ Evo Devo Ơ Fat ф Immunology »» Mechanisms of Evolution ○ Molecular Biology ** Origin of Life ◘ Paleogeology ¿ Refuting ID ǒ Serial Endosymbiosis ζζ Sleep • Stromatolites † Taxonomy Phylogeny ۰۰ Virus • White Sites Diagrams & Tables æ Eubacteria & Archaea φ Molecule → Molecular Paths ››› Pathways ☼ Photosynthesis • Black Sites Ǒ Endosymbiosis ō Organics •
The major subdivisions employed in general taxonomies are: Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species. The mnemonic "Dashing King Philip Came Over From Greater Spain" applies.
Phenetic system: groupings of organisms based on mutual similarity of phenotypic (physical and chemical) characteristics. Phenetic groupings may or may not correlate with evolutionary relationships.
Numerical Taxonomies are a common approach to phenetic taxonomy that employ a number of phenotypic characteristics to generate similarity coefficients that may be mapped in dendrograms. Groupings based on numerical taxonomy may or may not correlate with evolutionary relationships.
Alphabetic links to Glossary items:
◦ A ◦ B ◦ C ◦ D ◦ E ◦ F ◦ G ◦ H ◦ I ◦ J ◦ K ◦ L ◦ M ◦ N ◦ O ◦ P ◦ Q ◦ R ◦ S ◦ T ◦ U ◦ V ◦ W ◦ X ◦ Y ◦ Z ◦ animation index ◦ diagram index ◦ image index ◦ micrograph index ◦ table index ◦ sem/tem index ◦ video index ◦
Companion Sites : Gray Sites α Abiogenesis & Evolution √ Algorithms of Evolution ¤ Cancer סּ Cell Biology ~ Chemistry of Life Ω Complex Systems ººº Cyanobacteria ◊ Enzymes ₪ Evo Devo Ơ Fat ф Immunology »» Mechanisms of Evolution ○ Molecular Biology ** Origin of Life ◘ Paleogeology ¿ Refuting ID ǒ Serial Endosymbiosis ζζ Sleep • Stromatolites † Taxonomy Phylogeny ۰۰ Virus • White Sites Diagrams & Tables æ Eubacteria & Archaea φ Molecule → Molecular Paths ››› Pathways ☼ Photosynthesis • Black Sites Ǒ Endosymbiosis ō Organics •