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cladistics
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cla·dis·tics  (kl-dstks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)
A system of classification based on the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of groups of organisms.
cla·distic, cla·disti·cal adj.
cla·disti·cal·ly adv.
cladistics
Noun
a method of grouping animals by measurable likenesses [Greek klados branch]
cladistics  (kl-dstks)
A system of classification based on the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of groups of organisms, rather than purely on shared features. Many modern taxonomists prefer cladistics to the traditional hierarchies of Linnean classification systems. Compare Linnean.
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Noun1.cladistics - a system of biological taxonomy based on the quantitative analysis of comparative data and used to reconstruct cladograms summarizing the (assumed) phylogenetic relations and evolutionary history of groups of organisms
cladistic analysis
taxonomy - (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification


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It could be retained as a nonclassificatory group, analogous to the group of "animals with wings," but if it is not a monophyletic group, there is no doubt how cladism would deal with it; it presents no philosophical difficulty: the taxonomic category "virus" should be exploded.
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