Heredity and Evolution — Science STD 10 — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 10ScienceHeredity and Evolution3 Marks
Question
"Two areas of study namely 'evolution' and 'classification' are interlinked". Justify this statement.
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Answer
Evolution is a slow change in the body design and other characteristics of an organism over a long period of period that ultimately causes the formation of new speciation from pre-existing species. Different forms of organisms/ life have evolved during the course of evolution.
Classification deals with grouping of these organisms into groups and subgroups based on their similarities and differences. The more characteristics any two species have in common more closely they are related/ will have a more recent ancestor and vice versa. Thus, classification helps tracing the evolutionary relationships between the two organisms hence classification and evolution are interlinked.
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