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1. Botanist

   Linked via "phylogeny"

   Systematic Botany and Taxonomy
   This branch focuses on the classification, identification, and naming of plants according to established international nomenclature codes. Modern systematics relies heavily on molecular data, particularly ribosomal DNA sequences, to reconstruct evolutionary relationships (phylogeny). A significant area of contemporary focus involves resolving the "…

2. Taxonomy

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   Phylogenetic Taxonomy (Cladistics)
   Modern taxonomy places significant emphasis on phylogeny-—the evolutionary history of a group. Cladistics, the method used to reconstruct these relationships, groups organisms based on shared derived characters, known as synapomorphies.
   The goal of cladistic taxonomy is to produce monophyletic groups (clades), which consist of an ancestor and all of its descendants. Groups that include an ancestor but exclude some descendants ([paraphyletic](/entr…

3. Transcription Factor

   Linked via "phylogenetic boundaries"

   DNA-Binding Domains (DBDs)
   The $\text{DBD}$ recognizes and associates with specific, often short, sequence motifs in the genome known as cis-regulatory elements ($\text{CREs}$), such as promoters or enhancers. The structural motifs employed for $\text{DNA}$ recognition are highly conserved across phylogenetic boundaries, although subtle variations dictate specificity.
   Notable $\text{DBD}$ motifs include: