There is a common misconception that traditional taxonomy is based on morphology. What is this misconception?

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Mara Freeman

Biology

23 May, 20:20

There is a common misconception that traditional taxonomy is based on morphology. What is this misconception?

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Earl · Answer 1

Taxonomy is the grouping and naming or classifying the organisms on their specific characteristics they shared with a similar organism in several taxonomic ranks.

Tradition taxonomy was initially based on the morphology, however, it is now based on the shared characters and similarities on their genetics like DNA and RNA level.

The traditional taxonomy was not just based on the morphology however it is the major factor and influencing factor. Habitat, niche, morphology, are the major other factors.