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[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Do these mnemonics actually help?

Depends on the mnemonic. It has to flow and you have to know the steps individually. Although there was one time I spent so long trying to come up with a good mnemonic for the citric acid cycle that I just learned it and gave up.

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[–] Hoimo@ani.social 0 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I don't understand why you'd ever need to know this. What is a phylum anyway? Which animals share a phylum? Are bonobos and chimpanzees in a phylum, a family, a class? And what does that tell us about their relation that we couldn't already tell from their characteristics?

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