1. Heredity and Classification
Biology

2. Taxonomy
practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

3. Binomial Nomenclature
a system of nomenclature in which each species of animal or plant receives a name of two terms of which the first identifies the genus to which it belongs and the second the species itself

4. Genus
A group of closely related species; the first part of the scientific name in binomial nomenclature

5. Taxon
group or level of organization into which organisms are classified

6. Family
In classification, a group of similar genera

7. Order
a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and recognized by the nomenclature codes

8. Class
In classification, a group of closely related orders

9. Phylum
a level of classification or taxonomic rank below Kingdom and above Class

10. Kingdom
groups that categorize all living things, from the tiny bacteria to the large elephant

11. Domain
a larger, more inclusive taxonomic category than a kingdom

12. Phylogeny
the evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms

13. a group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor
Clade
a group of organisms believed to have evolved from a common ancestor

14. Cladogram
a branching diagram showing the cladistic relationship between a number of species

15. Derived Character
trait that appears in recent parts of a lineage, but not in its older member

16. Human Evolution Timeline Interactive
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17. Heredity Vocabulary
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18. Heredity and Classification