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cladistics

The correct spelling is cladistics.

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noun

IPA: /kləˈdɪs.tɪks/

Say it like: Cla-dis-tic-s

The correct spelling is cladistics. An approach to biological systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon synapomorphies (shared derived characteristics) only, and not upon symplesiomorphies (shared ance…

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  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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