Modern taxonomic studies are based on a wide range of characters to understand organisms more accurately. These include:

• External and internal structural features

• Cell structure (cytology)

• Developmental processes and embryology

• Ecological information

All these together help in better understanding of relationships among organisms in modern taxonomy.

• Systematics → modern taxonomy uses multiple lines of evidence

• Classification → modern classification is evidence-based

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