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what is cytotaxonomy and chemotaxonomy ?

Identifying and classifying the organism on the basis of similarities and dissimilarities in their biological composition is called chemotaxonomy.

The classification of the organisms on the basis of function and structure of the cells or on the basis of comparative studies of chromosomes is called cytotaxonomy.

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Cytotaxonomy is the branch of biology dealing with the relationships and classification of organisms using comparative studies of chromosomes.

Chemotaxonomy (from chemistry and taxonomy), also called chemosystematics, is the attempt to classify and identify organisms (originally plants), according to demonstrable differences and similarities in their biochemical compositions. The compounds studied in most of the cases are mostly proteins, amino acids and peptides. Examples of chemotaxonomic markers arephospholipid-derived fatty acids and enzymes.
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