Systematics describes the ordering of information on organisms. It plays an important underlying role in communicating information within the biological sciences.
Keywords: systematics; taxonomy; evolution
Prokaryotic Systematics: a Theoretical Overview
BJ Tindall, DSMZ – Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen, Braunschweig, Germany
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0000448
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| book Mayr E (1982) The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance. Cambridge, MA: Bellkamp Press. | |
| book Mayr E and Ashlock PD (1991) Principles of Systematic Zoology. New York: McGraw-Hill. | |
| Sneath PHA (1997) Thirty years of numerical taxonomy. Systematic Biology 44: 281–298. | |
| book Sneath PHA and Sokal RR (1973) Numerical Taxonomy. San Francisco: Freeman. | |
