Major Groups

Represent-ative
Taxa

Evolution, Taxonomy, Systematic

Exchange

Life Cycle

Transport

Internal Regulation

External Environment

Pro-karyotes

Archaeans

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Bacteria

Protists

Photosyn-thetic
Protists

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Hetero-trophic Protists

Fungi

Zygomycota

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Not Included

Ascomycota

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Basidio-mycota

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Plants

Mosses

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Ferns

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Conifers

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Flowering
Plants

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Hormones

Animals

Cnidaria

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Platyhel-minthes

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Annelida

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Arthropoda

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Chordata

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