NEET 2004 · Class 11

Plant Kingdom

Phenetic classification of organisms is based on

  1. (A)observable characteristics of existing organisms
  2. (B)the ancestral lineage of existing organisms
  3. (C)dendrogram based on DNA characteristics
  4. (D)sexual characteristics

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**Numerical Taxonomy** which is now easily carried out using computers is based on all observable characteristics.

Chapter
Plant Kingdom
Section
intro 3.5 Angiosperms
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1
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0, emb=1.0, combined=1.0). Verified: high — The span explicitly states that Numerical Taxonomy is 'based on all observable characteristics,' which directly matches the definition of phenetic classification as being based on observable characteristics of existing organisms.

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