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The Classification and Evolution of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

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To classify an organism is to assign it to a group. Classification, which is part of the science of systematics, is the essential concern of taxonomy. Taxonomy is the branch of biological science involved with identifying, naming, and classifying organisms into a formal hierarchical system. Systematics is the science that deals with the relationships of organisms as approached through their form and function, their genetic systems, their fossil histories, and the understanding of the evolutionary process from which they arose.

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    Lynn Margulis

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    Robert C. King (Professor of Genetics) (Professor of Genetics)

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Margulis, L. (1974). The Classification and Evolution of Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes. In: King, R.C. (eds) Bacteria, Bacteriophages, and Fungi. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1710-2_1

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