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What is the difference between chemotaxonomy and cytotaxonomy?


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Chemotaxonomy:

Chemotaxonomy is based on the similarities and differences in biochemistry such as the sequence of amino acids in proteins.

Cytotaxonomy:

Cytotaxonomy is the classification based on cellular characteristics such as chromosome number and behavior.

Chemotaxonomy

Cytotaxonomy

  1. Chemotaxonomy-based plant selection is a prerequisite for successful natural product research.
  1. Cytotaxonomy is based on cytological factors like chromosome number, structure, and behavior of chromosomes.
2. The phenolics, alkaloids, terpenoids, and non-protein amino acids, are the four important groups of chemotaxonomy.2. In cytotaxonomy, the chromosomal configuration of an organism is the most widely used parameter to infer the relationship between two organisms.
3. Examples: Tropane alkaloids are found in the family Solanaceae.3. Example: Karyotype comparison


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