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Taxonomic Databases
Taxonomic Databases - classification of all organisms
The Taxonomy Browser is a prominent taxonomic database which maintained by the NCBI. This taxonomy is hierarchical and sequence-based, aiming to centralise the classification of all organisms represented in the databases with at least one nucleotide or protein sequence. The Taxonomy Browser can be used to view the taxonomic position or retrieve sequence data for a particular organism or group.
Various other efforts exist to create a taxonomy resource:
Taxonomic databases can be considered to be rather controversial, due to the differing views within the taxonomic community.
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