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cladistics

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10 lettersPronunciation /kləˈdɪs.tɪks/Part of speech nounSorted accdiilsstStarts with CEnds with S0 clues
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  1. a taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations

Word origin

From clade + -istic, from Ancient Greek κλάδος (kládos, “branch”).

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  • Here we suggest emphasis on the techniques of cladistics (Eldredge and Cracraft 1980; Wiley 1981; Coddington 1988) because they provide a clear means of organizing phylogenetic information in branching diagrams.

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