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numerical pheneticses

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numerical taxonomy

–noun
classification of organisms by a comparison of large numbers of observable characteristics that are given equal value instead of being weighted according to possible evolutionary significance.
Also called numerical phenetics, taximetrics.


Origin:
1960–65
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