Traditional Levels of Taxonomy Are Nested in Categories from Least

question 108

True/False

Traditional levels of taxonomy are nested in categories from least to most inclusive. This same relationship is also represented on a phylogenetic tree by moving from the terminal (most recent) nodes to the earliest nodes.

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