- cladism
- cla·dism
English syllables. 2014.
cladism
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cladism — 1966, from cladistic (1960), from Gk. klados young branch, offshoot of a plant (see CLADE (Cf. clade)) … Etymology dictionary
cladism — cladistics … Dictionary of ichthyology
cladism — n. [Gr. klados, branch] A method by which organisms are ordered and ranked entirely on the basis of the most recent branching point of the inferred phylogeny; cladistic adj … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
cladism — /klad iz euhm, klay diz /, n. Biol. the cladistic method of classification. [1965; CLAD + ISM] * * * … Universalium
cladism — clad•ism [[t]ˈklæd ɪz əm, ˈkleɪ dɪz [/t]] n. bio the cladistic method of classification • Etymology: 1965 … From formal English to slang
cladism — ˈklādizəm, ˈkla noun ( s) : the theory that cladistic methods based on shared characteristics of organisms yield their true evolutionary relationships and provide the basis for a natural biological classification ; also : cladistics herein * * *… … Useful english dictionary
nature, philosophy of — Introduction the discipline that investigates substantive issues regarding the actual features of nature as a reality. The discussion here is divided into two parts: the philosophy of physics and the philosophy of biology. In this… … Universalium
Cladistics — For the scientific journal, see Cladistics (journal). Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology … Wikipedia
Taxonomía — La taxonomía (del griego ταξις, taxis, ordenamiento , y νομος, nomos, norma o regla ) es, en su sentido más general, la ciencia de la clasificación. Habitualmente, se emplea el término para designar a la taxonomía biológica, la ciencia de ordenar … Wikipedia Español
Кладистика — Пример кладограммы, которая показывает взаимоотношения между различными группами насекомых Кладистика (от др. греч. κλάδος (kládos) ветвь) направление филогенетической систематики. Характерные особенности кладистической практики… … Википедия
