While classifying organisms, which of the following presents the biggest challenge to a strictly phylogenetic system of classification?
Convergent evolution
Horizontal gene transfer
Fossil record incompleteness
Morphological similarities in unrelated species
Related Questions
Which taxonomic category is immediately below 'Class' in the hierarchical classification?
Family
Genus
Order
Phylum
Taxonomic studies consider a group of individual organisms with fundamental similarities as a:
Genus
Family
Species
Order
Viral genome when incorporated and integrated with bacterial genome is referred as
Prophages
DNA
RNA
Both (a) and (C )
Which of the following is a merit in the Bentham and Hooker’s system of classification?
The position of gymnosperms in between dicots and monocots
Closely related families are placed apart
The placement of family-Asteraceae in the beginning of Gamopetalae
The placement of order-Ranals in the beginning
Select the incorrect match w.r.t taxonomic categories of mango.
Family – Anacardiaceae
Order - Dicotyledonae
Division – Angiospermae
Genus – Mangifera
The taxonomic category which comes just after species in ascending order of taxonomic hierarchy is
Family
Genus
Order
Division
Which series ends with the cohort umbellales in Bentham and Hooker’s system of classification?
Thalamiflorae
Disciflorae
Heteromerae
Calyciflorae
Arrange the following in ascending similar characteristic
I. Family II. Genus III. Class IV. Species
III, I, II, IV
IV, II, I, III
I, II, III, IV
III, II, I, IV
A protected area specifically managed for the conservation of a particular species or habitat is BEST described as a:
Botanical garden
Zoo
Wildlife sanctuary
Seed bank
Nomenclature is governed by certain universal rules which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?
The first word in a biological name represents the genus name and the second is a specific epithet
The names are written in Latin and are italicized
When written by hand the names are to be underlined
Biological names can be written in any language
