cladistics

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[edit] Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /kləˈdɪs.tɪks/

[edit] Noun

cladistics (uncountable)

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

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