Taxonomists perform a valuable service to the scientific community. Other biologists would not have any way to discuss their work without the classification system created by taxonomists. This is the foundation for all of biology. One of the hottest areas of molecular biology is the classification of living things. In fact, the MB's are busy trying to classify all of the microorganisms that make up the majority of the unclassified/ undiscovered critters out there.
Things have changed in taxonomy but it is still very important to biologists, ecologists, doctors, etc...
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Taxonomists perform a valuable service to the scientific community. Other biologists would not have any way to discuss their work without the classification system created by taxonomists. This is the foundation for all of biology. One of the hottest areas of molecular biology is the classification of living things. In fact, the MB's are busy trying to classify all of the microorganisms that make up the majority of the unclassified/ undiscovered critters out there.
Things have changed in taxonomy but it is still very important to biologists, ecologists, doctors, etc...