Carbon is the second most abundant element in the human body, and makes up about 18 percent of your total weight. For a person weighing 170, 35 pounds of that weight is from the element carbon. Carbon forms the backbone of DNA, which present in most of the cells present in the human body.
Intermediate minor rankings are not shown. A genus (/ËdÊiËnÉs/, pl. genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms in biology. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclature, the genus name forms the first part of the binomial species name for each species within the genus. The composition of a genus is determined by a taxonomist.
subfamily - (biology) a taxonomic category below a family. tribe - (biology) a taxonomic category between a genus and a subfamily. genus - (biology) taxonomic group containing one or more species. subgenus - (biology) taxonomic group between a genus and a species.ariety - (biology) a taxonomic category consisting of members of a species that differ from others of the same species in minor but heritable characteristics; varieties are frequently recognized in botany. phylum - (biology) the major taxonomic group of animals and plants; contains classes.