cladistics

核心释义

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   分支分类学:一种生物系统学方法,仅根据共有衍生特征(而非共有祖征)对生物进行分组；基于演化关系而非表面特征对生物进行分类的方法。

   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.

遗传分类学