Which statement correctly explains the relationship between taxonomic categories and phylogenetic classification?
Taxonomic categories are arbitrary and have no relationship to phylogeny.
Taxonomic categories always perfectly match the branching patterns of phylogenetic trees.
Taxonomic categories ideally reflect evolutionary relationships revealed through phylogenetic analysis.
Phylogenetic analysis is used to create taxonomic categories, but they don't necessarily reflect evolutionary relationships.
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Who coined the term ‘Species’?
John ray
Aristotle
Linnaeus
Cuvier
Rules of scientific naming of animals is assigned in
ICBN
ICNCP
ICZN
ICNB
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
