cladistics
Kladistik
An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon…An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon symplesiomorphies (shared ancestral characteristics); a method of classifying organisms based on their evolutionary relationships instead of superficial characteristics.
/kləˈdɪs.tɪks/
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1 senses(uncountable)An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon symplesiomorphies (shared ancestral characteristics); a method of classifying organisms based on their evolutionary relationships instead of superficial characteristics.
Kladistik
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- a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations
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- a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations:cladistic analysis
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