How does taxonomy assist biologists?

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kescobar@64

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on: Nov 17, 2015

How does taxonomy assist biologists

Celeste

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Reply #1 on: Nov 21, 2015

- It provides easily remembered scientific names for organisms
- It explains why life exists
- It categorizes diverse items into smaller and smaller numbers of groups
- It reduces life to its smallest common denominator, the cell

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