What is the difference between chemotaxonomy and cytotaxonomy?
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 |
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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 |