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cladistic analysis

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Noun1.cladistic analysis - 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
cladistics
taxonomy - (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
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Systematists analyze phylogenetic relationships among groups of organisms at increasingly fine levels of detail, thus increasing the tension between cladistic analysis and classificatory systems.
History and philosophy of science by Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences
Evolutionary relationships between 15 Plasmodium species from Old and New World primates (including humans): a 18S rDNA cladistic analysis.
Transmission of human and Macaque Plasmodium spp. to ex-captive ... by Lowenberger, Carl / Emerging Infectious Diseases
However, Wood and Collard's cladistic analysis of skeletal traits places chimps, gorillas, and orangutans along closely related evolutionary branches, with people on a more distant limb.
Out on a Limb by BOWER, BRUCE / Science News
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