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Zoology · Ch 1 — The Living World

Neo Taxonomical Tools and Ethology

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Neo Taxonomical Tools and Ethology

Two further modern approaches to taxonomy extend the classical toolkit in different directions. Neo-taxonomical tools are based on Electron Microscopy imaging, which lets taxonomists study the fine molecular and sub-cellular structure of cell organelles at a resolution far beyond what any light microscope can achieve — revealing structural details invisible to earlier taxonomists working purely from external, whole-organism morphology. …