SYSTEMATICS

Systematics

Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees . Phylogenies have two components, branching order and branch length . Phylogenetic trees of species and higher taxa are used to study the evolution of traits and the distribution of organisms . Systematics, in other words, is used to understand the evolutionary history of life on Earth.

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systematics

Noun

  1. The science of systematic classification, especially of organisms. Depending on context this may be the same as taxonomy or distinct. In the latter case systematics will be taken to mean the research into the relationships of organisms, while taxonomy will involve itself in the recognition and the naming of taxa.


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