What is a genus?

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2007-03-14 13:34:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology

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it is a group of closely related species.

2007-03-14 13:39:43 · answer #1 · answered by the common cold 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Well a genus is actually a classifying term. It follows as Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. For example, Homo sapiens - whereas, Homo would be the Genus for this particular individual.

2007-03-14 20:38:24 · answer #2 · answered by AnswerGirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋