An organism is considered successively at the species, genus, family and kingdom levels. Which change is expected as one

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An organism is considered successively at the species, genus, family and kingdom levels. Which change is expected as one moves towards kingdom?

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The categories become more specific. The number of shared characteristics increases. The difficulty of determining relationships decreases. The number of shared characteristics decreases. Correct

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As one moves from species towards kingdom, the categories become broader and the number of common characteristics decreases. Determining relationships among taxa at higher levels also becomes more difficult.

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