Cladistics – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
cladistics
n.
classification of organisms based on common ancestry (Biology)
Cladistics
Cladistics (from
Greek ,
klados, i.e. "branch") is an approach to
biological classification in which
organisms are categorized based on shared derived characteristics that can be traced to a group's
most recent common ancestor and are not present in more distant ancestors. Therefore, members of a group are assumed to share a common history and are considered to be closely related.
cladistics
Noun
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
(synonym) cladisitic analysis
(hypernym) taxonomy
cladistics
cladistics
s.
kladistikk, klassifisering av organismer basert på felles avstamming (biologi)
