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cla·dis·tics 
[kluh-dis-tiks] Pronunciation Key
[kluh-dis-tiks] Pronunciation Key –noun Biology. (used with a plural verb)
) | classification of organisms based on the branchings of descendant lineages from a common ancestor. |
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| cla·dis·tics
(klə-dĭs'tĭks) Pronunciation Key
n. (used with a sing. verb) A system of classification based on the phylogenetic relationships and evolutionary history of groups of organisms. cla·dis'tic, cla·dis'ti·cal adj., cla·dis'ti·cal·ly adv. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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| cladistics | |
noun | |
| 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 |
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| cladistics
(klə-dĭs'tĭks) Pronunciation Key
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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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
cladistics [(kluh-dis-tiks)]
cladistics [(kluh-dis-tiks)]
A method of taxonomic classification that groups organisms according to their lines of evolutionary descent. All descendants of a given organism are called a clade.
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