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NEET 2004
Exam
NEET
Year
2004
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Organisms and Populations

NEET 2004 · Zoology · Organisms and Populations

Phenetic classification of organisms is based on:

Phenetic classification of organisms is based on:

Options

  1. Aobservable characteristics of existing organisms
  2. Bthe ancestral lineage of existing organisms
  3. Cdendogram based on DNA characteristics
  4. Dsexual characteristics.

Correct answer

A. observable characteristics of existing organisms

Step-by-step solution

Phenetics is a form of numerical systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon the total or relative number of shared characteristics (based on observable similarities and differences between taxa) while phylogenetics is the systematic study of organism relationships based on evolutionary similarities and differences. Related Theory Cladistics considers both phenetics and phylogenetics. the accuracy ofcladistics is greater than the accuracy of phenetics in classifying organisms.
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