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How do binomial, or two-part, names compare with early versions of scientific names?
Organisms in the kingdoms Eubacteria and archaebacteria were perviously grouped in a kingdom called
What kind of analysis focuses on the order in which derived characters appeared in organisms?
Which of the following techniques can scientists use to determine how the DNA of several species might indicate the species are related?
Animals that are warm-blooded, have body hair, and produce milk for their young are grouped in the class
Which are the two highest level taxa in the Linnaean system?
To be useful, a scientific name has to refer to
In Linnaeus's system of classification, how many levels are there?
The only "natural" taxa in Linnaeus's system is the
For many species, there are often regional differences in their
In biology, a trait that arose in an ancestor and is passed along to its descendants is referred to as a
One reason common names are not useful to biologists is that they
One goal of scientists is to assign every organism a universally accepted name according to the system known as
At any level of organization, groups that have biological meaning are referred to as
Shared derived character originating with reptiles
How are hominins/humans physically differentiated from other species of apes?
What is the shared derived character originating with reptiles?
What evolved first in hominins, bipedalism or large brain size?
What are the different scales of mutation? (Single base pair up to ploidy changes). Do the majority of mutations have positive results?
What barrier is represented by the patterns of firefly lights and crickets chirping?