Cladistic

/kləˈdɪstɪk/ adjective

Definition

Relating to cladistics, the method of classifying organisms based on shared ancestry and evolutionary history rather than physical similarities.

Etymology

From cladistics, which comes from Greek klados 'branch' + -istics. The term was coined in the 1950s by biologist Willi Hennig to describe his phylogenetic classification system.

Kelly Says

Cladistics revolutionized how scientists organize life—instead of grouping animals by how they look, cladistics asks 'who's related to whom through shared ancestors,' which sometimes gives surprising answers (birds are actually dinosaurs!).

Translations

AMአማርኛ
ክላድስቲክ
k-la-dis-tik
ARالعربية
تصنيف تطورى
tasnif ta-touri
BNবাংলা
ক্লাডিস্টিক
kla-di-stik
CACatalà
cladistic
kla-dis-tik
CSČeština
kladistický
kla-dis-ti-cky
DADansk
kladistisk
kla-dis-tisk
DEDeutsch
kladistisch
kla-di-stich
ELΕλληνικά
κλαδιστικός
kla-dis-tikos
ESEspañol
cladístico
kla-dis-tee-koh
FAفارسی
کلادیسیک
kla-di-sik
FISuomi
kladistiikka
kla-dis-tii-kka
FRFrançais
cladistique
klad-is-teek
GUGU
કલાડીસ્ટિક
kla-adi-stik
HAHA
cladistic
kla-dis-tik
HEעברית
קלאדיסטיק
kla-dis-tik
HIहिन्दी
क्लाडिस्टिक
kladistik
HUMagyar
kladisztikus
kla-disz-ti-kus
IDBahasa Indonesia
cladistik
kla-dis-tik
IGIG
cladistic
kla-dis-tik
ITItaliano
cladistico
kla-dis-tee-koh
JA日本語
クラドスティクス
kuradosutikusu
KKKK
кладистика
kla-dis-tika
KMKM
ក្លាឌីសធិក
kla-di-sat-hik
KO한국어
클래디스틱
keullae-dis-tik
MRMR
क्लाडीस्टिक
kla-dis-tik
MSBahasa Melayu
kladistik
kla-dis-tik
MYမြန်မာ
ကလက်ဒိစတစ်
ka-let-di-sit
NLNederlands
cladistisch
kla-dis-tisch
NONorsk
kladistisk
kla-dis-tisk
PAPA
ਕਲਾਡਿਸਟਿਕ
kla-dis-tik
PLPolski
kladystyczny
kla-dis-t-ch-n-y
PTPortuguês
cladístico
kla-dis-tee-koh
RORomână
cladistic
kla-dis-tik
RUРусский
кладистический
klad-is-ti-ches-kiy
SVSvenska
kladistisk
kla-dis-tisk
SWKiswahili
cladistic
kla-dis-tik
TAதமிழ்
கிளாடிஸ்டிக்
ki-la-di-stik
TEతెలుగు
క్లాడిస్టిక్
kla-dis-tik
THไทย
วิวัฒนาการจำแนก
wit-thap-pan-karan-jam-naek
TLTL
kladistik
kla-dis-tik
TRTürkçe
kladistik
kla-dis-tik
UKУкраїнська
кладистичний
kla-dis-tich-nyy
URاردو
کلاڈسٹک
kla-dis-tik
VITiếng Việt
cladistic
kla-dis-tik
YOYO
cladistic
kla-dis-tik
ZH中文
进化分类学
jìhuà fēnlèi xué
ZUZU
cladistic
kla-dis-tik

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