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Cladistics

Posted byBrian Hopkins May 22, 2019

A method of biological classification using only genealogies in inferring phylogenetic relationships among organisms, which disregards their adaptations as they may not be due to homology.  The outcome is a cladogram.

See Adaptation, Clades, Cladogram, General theory of biological classification, Homology, Palaeontology, Phylogeny

Posted byBrian HopkinsMay 22, 2019Posted inUncategorizedTags: glossary

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