cladistics

/kləˈdɪs.tɪks/

IPA: /K L AE0 D AH0 S T IH0 K S/

noun
  1. 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).

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