Biology A-Level
classification tables
What classification tables means in Biology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of classification tables
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In such a table each column is one organism and each row one level, so a missing entry is found by reading across the row and down the column.
Topics that use classification tables
- Species and taxonomy (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- amino acid sequence comparison
- biological species concept
- common names
- convergent similarity
- domain to species
- eight taxonomic levels
- fertile offspring
- gene pool
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