chemotaxonomy

chemotaxonomy
chemotaxonomic /kee'moh tak'seuh nom"ik, kem'oh-/, chemotaxonomical, adj.chemotaxonomically, adv.chemotaxonomist, n.
/kee'moh tak son"euh mee, kem'oh-/, n. Biochem., Biol.
the identification and classification of organisms by comparative analysis of their biochemical composition.
[1960-65; CHEMO- + TAXONOMY]

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Method of biological classification based on similarities in the structure of certain compounds among the organisms being classified.

Advocates argue that, because proteins are more closely controlled by genes and less subject to natural selection than are anatomical features, they are more reliable indicators of genetic relationships.

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