Cladistics

noun

/kləˈdɪs.tɪks/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounAn approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon symplesiomorphies (shared ancestral characteristics).

Synonyms

cladism cladogram cladification stratocladistics cladogenesis synapomorphy monophyly symplesiomorphy clanistics phylogeny patrocladistics paraclade

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