cladistics

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /kləˈdɪs.tɪks/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. 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. uncountable
    — 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.

词源

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