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Cladistics is an English word with synonyms like taxonomy. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Cladistics meaning

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.

Synonyms of Cladistics

cladistic analysis taxonomy

Related words

Other words often associated with Cladistics or its synonyms:

systematics compartmentalisation categorisation hierarchy compartmentalization categorization assortment classification

Using Cladistics

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • Useful related words include: cladistic analysis, taxonomy.
  • In the example corpus, cladistics often appears in combinations such as: cladistics is.

Context around Cladistics

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 2 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

populations 1× criticism 1× using 1× pre 1× today 1×

Often after:

rapidly 1× either 1× phenetic 1× analyses 1×

Sentence patterns with Cladistics

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

criticism cladistics either generally 1× difference from cladistics phenetic analyses 1× differentiated populations cladistics is another 1× same time cladistics rapidly became 1× such as cladistics and phylogenetic 1× superseded by cladistics for research 1× these pre cladistics analyses emphasised 1× today cladistics is the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

ancestrally differentiated populations 1× at the same 1× criticism cladistics either 1× difference from cladistics 1× for the anthropologists 1× the use of 1×

Common sentence endings:

acoelomate body organization 1× also from molecular 1× and their characteristics 1× concepts of race 1× for more ranks 1× from its beginnings 1×

Words around Cladistics

Just before it in the word index:

cladistically 2 cladistic 26 clades 38 clade 84 claddings 3 cladding 115

Just after it in the word index:

cladists 2 cladogram 23 cladograms 12 clady 3 claes 4 claeys 5

Similar in corpus frequency:

aakash 12 aanholt 12 aardwolf 12 abadan 12 abati 12 abcc 12

Corpus analysis for Cladistics

  • In this selection, "cladistics" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, populations, criticism, using, rapidly, either and phenetic stand out and add context to how "cladistics" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include criticism cladistics either generally and difference from cladistics phenetic analyses. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "cladistics" sits close to words such as aakash, aanholt and aardwolf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with cladistics

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Ancestrally differentiated populations Cladistics is another method of classification. (9 words)

Criticism Cladistics, either generally or in specific applications, has been criticized from its beginnings. (14 words)

Today, cladistics is the most popular method for constructing phylogenies not only from morphological data but also from molecular. (19 words)

Longer example sentences

The use of newer taxonomic tools such as cladistics and phylogenetic nomenclature has led to a different way of looking at evolution (expressed in many nested clades ) and this sometimes leads to a desire for more ranks. (37 words)

At the same time, cladistics rapidly became the dominant set of methods of phylogenetics in evolutionary biology, because computers made it possible to process large quantities of data about organisms and their characteristics. (33 words)

Difference from cladistics Phenetic analyses do not distinguish between plesiomorphies - traits that are inherited from an ancestor (and therefore phylogenetically uninformative) - and apomorphies - traits that evolved anew in one or several lineages. (32 words)

Example sentences (9)

Ancestrally differentiated populations Cladistics is another method of classification.

At the same time, cladistics rapidly became the dominant set of methods of phylogenetics in evolutionary biology, because computers made it possible to process large quantities of data about organisms and their characteristics.

Criticism Cladistics, either generally or in specific applications, has been criticized from its beginnings.

Difference from cladistics Phenetic analyses do not distinguish between plesiomorphies - traits that are inherited from an ancestor (and therefore phylogenetically uninformative) - and apomorphies - traits that evolved anew in one or several lineages.

For the anthropologists Lieberman and Jackson (1995), however, there are more profound methodological and conceptual problems with using cladistics to support concepts of race.

These pre- cladistics analyses emphasised as shared features: multiciliated (with multiple cilia per cell), glandular epidermis; rod-shaped secretory bodies or rhabdites; frontal glands or organs; protonephridia ; and acoelomate body organization.

The use of newer taxonomic tools such as cladistics and phylogenetic nomenclature has led to a different way of looking at evolution (expressed in many nested clades ) and this sometimes leads to a desire for more ranks.

Today, cladistics is the most popular method for constructing phylogenies not only from morphological data but also from molecular.

W. H. Freeman, San Francisco. xv + 573 p. Phenetics has largely been superseded by cladistics for research into evolutionary relationships among species.

Common combinations with cladistics

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • cladistics is 2×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "cladistics" in a sentence?
An example: "Ancestrally differentiated populations Cladistics is another method of classification." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "cladistics" from authentic English texts.
What does "cladistics" mean?
Cladistics means: 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.
What are synonyms of "cladistics"?
Common synonyms of "cladistics" include: cladistic analysis, taxonomy.
How many example sentences with "cladistics" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "cladistics", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.