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Cladification

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cladistnoun(systematics) A biologist who studies clades, an evolutionary biologist who studies the pattern of species interrelationships according to the principles of cladistics.
cladisticsnoun(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); a method of classifying organisms based on their evolutionary relationships instead of superficial characteristics.
cladismnounA form of systematics based on hierarchies that can be represented by branching cladograms.
phyloclassificationnoun(biology) phylogenic classification
cladogramnoun(taxonomy) A branching treelike graphical representation of the phylogenetic relationships between organisms showing which taxa have branched from common ancestors.
taxonomynoun(life sciences, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
cladogenesisnoun(genetics) An evolutionary splitting event in which each branch and its smaller branches forms a clade.
classisnoun(biology, taxonomy) A category in the classification of organisms, ranking below divisio and above ordo.
gradenoun(chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) Performance on a test or other evaluation(s), expressed by a number, letter, or other symbol; a score.
subcladenoun(biology, taxonomy) Any clade that is included in another clade.
biotaxynoun(biology, obsolete) The classification of living organisms according to their structural character; taxonomy.
paracladenoun(genetics) A group of paraphyletic or monophyletic evolutionary lineages
systematicsnounThe classification system of a branch of science, especially the classification of organisms in biology.
classnoun(countable) A group, collection, category or set sharing characteristics or attributes.
phylostratificationnoun(genetics, taxonomy) stratification by species
phylotaxonomynoun(taxonomy) phylogenetic taxonomy
stratocladisticsnoun(genetics) A combination of stratigraphy and cladistics
phyloclassifiernoun(biology) phylogenic classifier
phylogenynoun(systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.
complexnounA network of interconnected systems.

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