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Which of the following branches of taxonomy is being described by the given statements?
(i) It can easily done by using computers based on all observable characters.
(ii) Numbers and codes are assigned to all the characters and the data are then processed.
(iii) Each character is given equal weightage and at the same time Hundreds of characters can be considered.

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Chemotaxonomy
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Numerical taxonomy
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Cytotaxonomy
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β – taxonomy
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Solution

The correct option is B Numerical taxonomy
The given features describe numerical taxonomy.

Chemotaxonomy is the classification og living organisms based on their biochemical composition.

Cytotaxonomy deals with the classification of living organisms based on cytological characteristics such as the number and arrangement of chromosomes.

β – taxonomy deals with the classification of organisms into their natural system of categories after initial identification.


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