NEET BIOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

VIRUSES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?
A
organisms that share a domain
B
organisms that share a family
C
organisms that share a genus
D
organisms that share a species
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Group organisms are least closely related.

Detailed explanation-2: -These include cyanobacteria ("blue-green algae"), single-celled eukaryotic organisms like dinoflagellates and Euglena, and complex multicellular seaweeds like kelp. Many of these organisms are not closely related to one another, nor to plants that live on land (like ferns, conifers, and flowering plants).

Detailed explanation-3: -Genus. The genus (plural, genera) is the taxonomic rank between family and species. The groups of organisms in a genus share many structural similarities and are very closely related.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hence, among species, genus, family and order, organisms in the category of order share the least number of similarities in their characters.

Detailed explanation-5: -Answer and Explanation: The level of classification that contains the least number of organisms is the species level.

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