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1. ((used with a pl. v.)) cladistics
a system of classification of organisms based on the branchings of clades.
2. cladistics
the study of such systems.
Etymology: (1965–70)
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1. (noun) cladistics, cladistic analysis
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
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