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(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).

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cladistics

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cladistics

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/kləˈdɪs.tɪks/

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uncountable

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共通の派生形質（シナポモルフィー）に基づいて生物を分類する分類学（系統分類学）の手法

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In modern taxonomy, cladistics has reshaped how scientists infer evolutionary relationships by focusing only on shared derived characters.

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現代の分類学では、共有派生形質のみに基づいて生物を分類する手法が、研究者たちが進化的関係を推定する方法を変えました。

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Here we suggest emphasis on the techniques of cladistics (Eldredge and Cracraft 1980; Wiley 1981; Coddington 1988) because they provide a clear means of organizing phylogenetic information in branching diagrams.

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