What is Systematics in biology?

When we study the diversification and classification of organisms it comes under the branch of biology namely systematics. Systematics deals with classification and nomenclature of organisms.Specific traits of the organism are studied and the relation between these organisms are taken into consideration in systematics. Many times this branch of biology is studied in accordance with taxonomy. 

Within the field of taxonomy, identification is one the step to describe an organism.Organism is identified using morphological i.e external features or the anatomical features, i.e the internal cellular organization.Apart from identification, two more steps are involved in the field of taxonomy. 

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1. Who defined the term systematics?

The term systematics was given by Carl linnaeus.When we study the diversification and classification of organisms it comes under the branch of biology namely systematics. Systematics deals with classification and nomenclature of organisms.Specific traits of the organism are studied and the relation between these organisms are taken into consideration in systematics. Many times this branch of biology is studied in accordance with taxonomy. 

Within the field of taxonomy, identification is one the step to describe an organism.Organism is identified using morphological i.e external features or the anatomical features, i.e the internal cellular organization.Apart from identification, two more steps are involved in the field of taxonomy.