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cladistic analysis

DEFINITIONS OF: cladistic analysis

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n 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

Synonyms:
cladistics
Type of:
taxonomy
(biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
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