Biology
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ISBN: 9780078024269
Author: Sylvia Mader, Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 5A
The most inclusive level of classification is
a. species.
b. kingdom.
c. domain.
d. phylum.
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