Associations to the word «Cladistics»
Noun
- Phylogeny
- Clade
- Taxon
- Organism
- Taxonomy
- Classification
- Monograph
- Ancestor
- Evolution
- Similarity
- Specie
- Hypothesis
- Ancestry
- Emphasis
- Analysis
- Flora
- Fossil
- Method
- Relationship
- Advance
- Descendant
- Descent
- Biology
- Gene
- Characteristic
- Concept
- Arrangement
- Tree
- Technique
- Approach
- Theory
- Group
- Basis
- Genus
- Character
- Branch
- Evidence
- Difference
- Plant
- Treatment
- Attempt
- Data
- Computer
- Use
- Problem
- System
Adjective
Adverb
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Wiktionary
CLADISTICS, noun. (systematics) An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon symplesiomorphies (shared ancestral characteristics).
Dictionary definition
CLADISTICS, noun. 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.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.