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The general fundamentals of taxonomy; history of taxonomy and classification stages; objectives and mission of taxonomy; significance of taxonomy to biology; classification theories; species and subspecies; systematics and higher ranks; diversity and insulation mechanism; classification characteristics, traditional (virtual), numerical, molecular, chromosomal, chemical, immunological and cellular classification methods; taxonomic discrimination and differentiation (intraspecific individual variations); taxonomic procedures [displaying systematic results including: description, classification key (definition, types and design), taxonomic papers, statistical methods, the importance of quantitative methods in taxonomy ; binomial nomenclature; philosophical concept, interpretation and regulations of scientific nomenclature.