what are the taxonomic groups?
order of hierarchy across all organisms
what are the taxonomic groups?
kingdom
phylum
class
order
family
genus
species
what has led to the addition of domain to the hierarchy?
further study of genetic material
why are classification systems used?
to identify species
to predict characteristics
to find evolutionary links
identifying species
allows the species of an organism to be easily identified
finding evolutionary links
species in the same group share characteristics from a common ancestor