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Meanings of taxon in English

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táxon
Catalan
tàxon
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taxón

Animal or plant group having natural relations.

        táxon
        Russian
        таксон
        Portuguese
        táxon
        Spanish
        taxones
        Catalan
        tàxon

        Group of one or more organism(s), which a taxonomist adjudges to be a unit.

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                таксон
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                Examples for "taxonomic group"
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                Manta shrimp are not technically shrimp, their taxonomic group is stomatopods, so there are two main types.
                Wired
                2
                Others argued that each taxonomic group had limits; once it reached a certain size, each branch would stop growing.
                Wired
                3
                The four phylum profiles showed good resolution of the major taxonomic groups.
                Pubmed
                4
                For all taxonomic groups, biomass was strongly associated with SF species distributions.
                Pubmed
                5
                AoxB phylogeny of pure strains showed well-discriminated taxonomic groups and was similar to 16S rRNA phylogeny.
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                1
                Only organisms have material existence, but taxonomic categories embody higher reality as direct expressions of the divine mind:
                The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
                Usage of taxon in English
                1
                However, the consequences of hybridization in this taxon have yet to be characterized.
                Pubmed
                2
                Thus, M. chthonoplastes represents a single, well-delimited taxon with a truly cosmopolitan distribution.
                Pubmed
                3
                Information on type material, diagnosis, distribution, and taxonomic comments for each taxon are provided.
                Pubmed
                4
                Apparently, the extent of the tanagers as a higher taxon needs to be clarified.
                Pubmed
                5
                Strongly supported substructure was found within the new taxon, resulting in two reciprocally monophyletic clades.
                Pubmed
                6
                The ruber group clusters consistently together with the modern Globoturborotalita rubescens as a sister taxon.
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                7
                A recently evolved taxon, in contrast, would not have been tested to the same degree.
                BBC
                8
                Punctuated equilibrium, to my knowledge, has never been defended by taxon counting at the species level.
                The Structure of Evolutionary Theory
                9
                Using molecular tools, it was also found as a phylogenetic taxon associated with date palm roots.
                Pubmed
                10
                Similar findings were observed at the class taxon.
                Pubmed
                11
                Vascular plants develop distinctive root hair distribution patterns in the root epidermis, depending on the taxon.
                Pubmed
                12
                This taxon is designated here as Amanita cf.
                Pubmed
                13
                There is a case for the creation of a new taxon to accommodate this and related isolates.
                Pubmed
                14
                Incorporating body width into taxon- and region-specific length-mass regressions yielded the highest prediction accuracy for body mass.
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                15
                This, together with strong intrageneric niche overlap might explain the lack of within-island speciation in this taxon.
                Pubmed
                16
                Candida dubliniensis is a pathogenic yeast species that was first identified as a distinct taxon in 1995.
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