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cladistics

DEFINITIONS OF: cladistics

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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:
cladistic analysis
Type of:
taxonomy
(biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
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