cladistics

cla·dis·tics (kl

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ks)

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 [kləˈdɪstɪks]

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (functioning as singular) Biology a method of grouping animals that makes use of lines of descent rather than structural similarities

[New Latin, from Greek klādos branch, shoot]

cladism [ˈklædɪzəm] n

cladist [ˈklædɪst] n

cladistics (kl

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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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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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He revealed that his research team used a modern approach to evolutionary biology called cladistics, which utilizes genetic information in combination with a variety of other data to evaluate biological relationships that emerge over the ages, for their study.

Darwin wrongly called the appendix a biological 'remnant', say ... by Asian News International

[42] Other anthropologists such as Lieberman and Jackson (1995), also find numerous methodological and conceptual problems in using DNA sequencing methods such as cladistics to support concepts of race.

Methodological Problems in Identifying Ancient Nile Valley Populations by Gnarban Cirpinski / Anthropology, archeology, folklore community

These questions bear substantial similarities to the analogous questions that have been asked about the relationships between different species in the science of cladistics.

Orthographic measures of language distances between the official ... by Zulu, P.N.; Botha, G.; Barnard, E. / Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies

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