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Define a taxon. What is meant by taxonomic hierarchy ? Give a flow diagram from the lowest to the highest category for a plant and an animal. What happens to the number of individuals and no. of shared character as we go up the taxonomical hierarchy?

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Refer taxonomic categories of this chapter. Refer table 3 of this chapter for flow diagram. Number of shared characters and number of individuals get increased, when we go up with taxonomical hierarchy.
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