taxonomic unit

collocation in English

meaningsoftaxonomicandunit

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taxonomic
adjective
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/ˌtæk.səˈnɒm.ɪk/us
/ˌtæk.səˈnɑː.mɪk/
relating to a system for naming and organizing things, especially plants and animals, into groups that have ...
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unit
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪt/us
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition oftaxonomicandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftaxonomic unit

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All data are expressed as numbers of encounters (hits) pertaxonomicunitper transect.
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Attempts to subdivide this largetaxonomicunitinto separate genera have been made.
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Here too, for the first time, the species, rather than the genus, becomes the fundamentaltaxonomicunit.
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For mammals, thetaxonomicunitbelow the species level is usually the subspecies.
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Ataxonomicunitis a category belonging to a specific level of a classification system.
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Rarity was also evenly distributed among taxonomic units.
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Taxonomists are, in the main, concerned only with classifying taxonomic units, whereas behavioural ecologists are concerned with how the organism itself works.
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Taxonomists are concerned to explain the diversity of taxonomic units, but evolutionary biologists are concerned to explain the diversity of traits.
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Each node is called ataxonomicunit.
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Two primary areas of concern are methods for clustering sequences into operational taxonomic units by sequence similarity, and quality control of sequence data.
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Taxonomic units between subgenus and species are not currently recognised as official zoological names.
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Internal nodes are generally called hypothetical taxonomic units, as they can not be directly observed.
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