TERM 1
systematics
DEFINITION 1
Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of life
on the planet Earth, both past and present, and the
relationships among living things through time.
TERM 2
phylogeny
DEFINITION 2
In biology, phylogenetics is the study of evolutionary
relatedness among various groups of organisms (for
example, species or populations), which is discovered
through molecular sequencing data and morphological data
matrices.
TERM 3
classification
DEFINITION 3
Grouping of phylogeny into categories
TERM 4
nomenclature
DEFINITION 4
Nomenclature is a term that applies to either a list of names
and/or terms, or to the system of principles, procedures and
terms related to naming - which is the assigning of a word or
phrase to a particular object or property.
TERM 5
taxon
DEFINITION 5
A taxon (plural: taxa) is a group of (one or more) organisms,
which a taxonomist adjudges to be a unit.
