Operational taxonomic unit
id:
operational-taxonomic-unit-186-15724077
title:
Operational taxonomic unit
text:
An operational taxonomic unit (OTU) is an operational definition used to classify groups of closely related individuals. The term was originally introduced in 1963 by Robert R. Sokal and Peter H. A. Sneath in the context of numerical taxonomy, where an "operational taxonomic unit" is simply the group of organisms currently being studied. Numerical taxonomy is a method in biological systematics that involves using numerical techniques to classify taxonomic units based on the states of their chara
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Classification by similarity of DNA
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operational_taxonomic_unit
date created:
2009-04-15T15:26:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T12:04:57Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q7097792","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7097792"}
image:
fields total:
13
integrity:
15