use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework
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use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Taxonomy systematics, Philosophy of science.A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Taxonomy systematics, Philosophy of science.That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classificati…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Taxonomy systematics, Philosophy of science.(biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms; proposed in 1838 by Matt…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms; proposed in 1838 by Matt…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generations
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class;…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Taxonomy systematics.The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an anima…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Taxonomy systematics.The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and ser…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Taxonomy systematics.A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Taxonomy systematics.(biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure; ranked between order and genus
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Taxonomy systematics.an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships esp…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Taxonomy systematics.A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly di…
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A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examinati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, systematic, classification.The act of arranging or putting in an orderly condition; the state of being arranged or put in order; disposition in suitable form.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, systematic, classification.One of the four subkingdoms in the classification of Cuvier. It has been much modified by later writers.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, systematic, classification.The bill or nib of a bird, consisting of a horny sheath, covering the jaws. The form varied much according to the food and habits of t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, systematic, classification.The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, systematic, classification.any one of several hundred compounds having a bitter taste; not admitting of chemical classification
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, systematic, classification.The science which treats of the structure of plants, the functions of their parts, their places of growth, their classification, and t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, systematic, classification.The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, systematic, classification.mostly freshwater eukaryotic algae having the chlorophyll masked by brown or yellow pigment; yellow-green and golden-brown algae and d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, systematic, classification.Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, systematic, classification.Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: science, systematic, classification.Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.
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