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Meaning of cladistics

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

cladistics

Pronunciation:/kləˈdɪs.tɪks/

noun

Definitions

  1. An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon symplesiomorphies (shared ancestral characteristics).