Cladistic Analysis (Noun)
Meaning
A taxonomic system of classifying species based on the branching patterns of cladograms that are built to infer phylogenetic relations.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The cladistic analysis of the fossil record revealed a new species that was previously unknown to science.
- Paleontologists relied heavily on cladistic analysis to reconstruct the evolutionary history of ancient organisms.
- Phylogeneticists use cladistic analysis to group organisms based on their shared characteristics.
- Cladistic analysis has become a widely accepted approach in taxonomy and systematics.
- By applying cladistic analysis to the available data, researchers were able to resolve long-standing questions about the relationships between different species.