Biology: Life on Earth
Biology: Life on Earth
10th Edition
ISBN: 9780321729712
Author: Gerald Audesirk, Teresa Audesirk, Bruce E. Byers
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
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The three domains of life.

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Carl Woese, in 1990, gave the three-domain classification of taxonomy in which all the organisms are classified and studied under three main domains, instead of earlier classification made by him under six different kingdoms.

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