Biology 2e
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Author: Matthew Douglas, Jung Choi, Mary Ann Clark
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Chapter 20, Problem 5RQ
What do scientists in the field of systematics accomplish?
- discover new fossil sites
- organize and classify organisms
- name new species
- communicate among field biologists
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