Discuss the utility of systematics.
Systematics is the science which deals with the diversity of organisms and their comparative and evolutionary relationships based on comparative anatomy, comparative biochemistry and physiology.
Systematics helps in
1. Providing knowledge about the evolutionary tree of life
2. Identification of new organisms
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