'Taxon' is the unit of a group of:
Correct answer: B. Taxonomy
- A. Order
- B. Taxonomy
- C. Species
- D. Genus
Explanation
Taxon refers to all the categories in the taxonomic hierarchy. It may be a kingdom, class, order, family, genus, or species. It is any level of grouping of organisms. Each of these categories has been divided further into intermediate categories like subkingdom, subdivision, superclass, subgenus, subspecies, etc. This term was coined by ICBN in 1956.
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Biological classification uses taxonomic ranks, binomial nomenclature and shared characteristics to organize life into kingdoms. The major groups include prokaryotes, protists, fungi, plants and animals, with comparisons based on cell type, cell wall, nutrition, body organization, reproduction and evolutionary relationships; prokaryotes lack a membrane-bound nucleus.
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