What system classifies orgainisms based on DNA? Is is PhyloCode or Linneaus classification system.

Question

The PhyloCode is based on Common Ansectory and I dont't really know what the Linneaus classification system is based on.

Answer 1

Scarlet,

The PhyloCode is a naming system that deals with naming of clades. It looks at common ancestry. The PhyloCode is controversial and still not well accepted. The Linneaus system uses morphology to categorize living things in to taxonomic levels becoming more specific as it moves from Kingdom, to Species.

Hope this helps.

Diane Gallentine