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| occurring across a membrane, as an electric potential or the transport of ions or gases |
| the continuous sequence of changes undergone by an organism from one primary form, as a gamete, to the development of the same form again |
| 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. |
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.