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Taxon (Organisms 🐞)

In biology, a taxon is a group of one or more populations of an organism, or organisms, as seen by taxonomists to form a biological unit;. Although neither is required, a taxon, once its description has become established, is usually known by a particular name and is given a particular ranking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxon

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Taxon (Organisms 🐞)

In biology, a taxon is a group of one or more populations of an organism, or organisms, as seen by taxonomists to form a biological unit;. Although neither is required, a taxon, once its description has become established, is usually known by a particular name and is given a particular ranking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxon

#Taxon #Taxa #Organisms #BotanicalNomenclature #ZoologicalNomenclature #BiologicalClassification

Sister group (Evolutionary biology 🧬)

In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sister_group

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