cladistics

/kləˈdɪs.tɪks/

词干

后缀

-istic: Used to form adjectives from nouns or from other adjectives, with the meaning "of or pertaining to" the preceding component.

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

1(systematics) 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.