Home Forum Dictionary Articles Tutorials Books Directory Share your work


Edit page | Page history | Printable version

Dictionary » T » Taxon

Taxon

Definition

noun, plural: taxa

(taxonomy)

(1) Any group or rank in a biological classification into which related organisms are classified.

(2) A taxonomic unit in the biological system of classification of organisms, for example: a phylum, order, family, genus, or species.


Supplement

Word origin: New Latin, back formation from taxonomy.

Related terms:


Please contribute to this project, if you have more information about this term feel free to edit this page



Results from our forum


Why would the identical amino acids region of certain specie

... primers to the region which is the same in all species and then the primers will give signal from all species. You can use it for detection of one taxon, say you will want to know whether Klebsiella bacteria are present in your sample. Than you will use some primers which amplify some specific ...

See entire post
by JackBean
Mon Feb 18, 2013 3:51 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Why would the identical amino acids region of certain specie
Replies: 2
Views: 179

Need help IDing a lizard

Based on first picture I was about to guess rather something from Urodela http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id305/ but on the second picture it really looks like some lizard. Maybe from the family Lacertidae http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id354/ ?

See entire post
by JackBean
Mon Jul 23, 2012 10:53 am
 
Forum: Zoology Discussion
Topic: Need help IDing a lizard
Replies: 3
Views: 1491

Do Plants exist who have an effect on human fertility?

Sure, I bet if you eat Herb-paris ( http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id41928/ ), you won't be fertile anymore :lol: Anyway, why should it be pollen?

See entire post
by JackBean
Tue May 15, 2012 7:14 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Do Plants exist who have an effect on human fertility?
Replies: 3
Views: 898

Need help identifying a few plants from Plitvice (Croatia)

1. probably something from Brasiccaceae http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id3247/ 2. some anemone http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id38355/ ? 4. probably some buttercup http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id38386/ 10. legumes http://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id3273/

See entire post
by JackBean
Wed May 02, 2012 11:23 am
 
Forum: Botany Discussion
Topic: Need help identifying a few plants from Plitvice (Croatia)
Replies: 1
Views: 612

Re: Clade v. Phylum

... too. In the first case we speak of plesiomorphy (homology), in the second term apomorphy (analogy) is called for. Cladistics hypothesize that a taxon is a clade and then seek evidence. It often happens that a taxon excludes some of their natural members: this is a paraphylletic group. In other ...

See entire post
by marquitosgm
Mon Mar 26, 2012 7:22 am
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Clade v. Phylum
Replies: 6
Views: 2834
View all matching forum results

This page was last modified 07:58, 9 March 2009. This page has been accessed 37,022 times. 
What links here | Related changes | Permanent link