Difference between revisions of "Genus"

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In biology, a genus is a grouping in the Linnaean taxonomy of living things which includes one or more related species.

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 In [[biology]], a genus is a grouping in the [[Linnaean taxonomy]] of living things which includes one or more related species.
-In [[topology]], a genus of a surface is the greatest number of distinct, continuous closed curves that may be drawn on it without separating the surface into distinct regions.  The closed curves cannot be self-intersecting.  The genus of the surface of a sphere is 0, while the genus of a doughnut shape is 1.
+See also [[Topology]].
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 [[category:mathematics]]