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The three-domain system divides organisms into groups based on similarities in their:

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The three-domain system, (proposed by Woese) divides organism into groups based on differences in the sequences of nucleotides in the cell's ribosomal RNAs –rRNA ( because their structure changes very little over time) and cell's membrane lipid structure.

So, the groups are Eukarya, Bacteria and Archea.

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