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What is taxonomy? Who is the father of taxonomy?


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Taxonomy:

  1. In biology, it is the scientific study of defining, naming, and categorizing groups of biological organisms based on shared features.
  2. It involves the classification and naming of all the plants, microbes, and animals of the world.
  3. Carolus Linnaeus is known as the father of taxonomy.
  4. He categorized the organisms based on their differences and similarities.

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