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Meaning of CLADISTICS
Pronunciation:
klu'distiks
WordNet Dictionary
Definition:
[n]
a
system
of
biological
taxonomy
based
on
the
quantitative
analysis
of
comparative
data
and
used
to
reconstruct
trees
summarizing
the
(
assumed
)
phylogenetic
relations
and
evolutionary
history
of
groups
of
organisms
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See Also:
taxonomy
Glossary
Definition:
a theory of classification that differentiates between shared ancestral and shared derived features.
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