Definition of Cladistics

Noun: cladistics  klu'dis-tiks

1. 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
   - cladistic analysis

See also:
cladistically
cladists

Anagrams containing the word cladistics

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