Systematics
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The science of systematic classification, especially of organisms. Depending on context this may be the same as taxonomy or distinct. In the latter case systematics will be taken to mean the research into the relationships of organisms, while taxonomy will involve itself in the recognition and the naming of taxa.
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See also
- Cladistics - a methodology in systematics
- Evolutionary systematics - a school of systematics
- Phenetics - a methodology in systematics that does not infer phylogeny
- Phylogeny - the historical relationships between lineages of organism
- 16S ribosomal RNA - an intensively studied nucleic acid that has been useful in phylogenetics
- Phylogenetic comparative methods - use of evolutionary trees in other studies, such as biodiversity, comparative biology. adaptation, or evolutionary mechanisms
- Scientific classification and Taxonomy - the result of research in systematics
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