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phe·net·ics  (f-ntks)
n. (used with a sing. verb)
The phenetic system of taxonomic classification.
phe·neti·cist (--sst) n.
phenetics [fɪˈnɛtɪks]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (functioning as singular) Biology a system of classification based on similarities between organisms without regard to their evolutionary relationships
[from phen(otype) + (gen)etics]
phenetic  adj
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In my view at the time, the disagreement between Farris and me seemed relatively unimportant (so it seems still)--relative to the disagreements between pheneticists, evolutionists, and cladists that were then current and still are to some degree.
Drowning by numbers: rereading Nelson's "Nullius in Verba" by Williams, David M.; Ebach, Malte C. / The Botanical Review
Whereas there is a substantial body of literature investigating the ability of hierarchical systems to transmit taxonomic information--much of it embodied in the debates among cladists, pheneticists, and evolutionary taxonomists--there seems to be little in the way of what I would view as objective analysis of the attributes of systems of nomenclature.
The Linnaean system and its 250-year persistence by Schuh, Randall T. / The Botanical Review
 
 
 
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