cladistic
Adjective
Meaning
Relating to a clade
Relating to cladistics
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Examples
A cladistic analysis of DNA sequence data of the S7 ribosomal protein intron 1 supports the view that it is distinct enough to constitute a monotypic subfamily.
A comprehensive morphological cladistic analysis by Schuchert (1993) supports the basal position of Anthozoa with the Scyphozoa and Cubozoa being more closely related to each other than to Hydrozoa.
As comparatively few polychaete taxa have been subject to cladistic analysis, some groups which are usually considered invalid today may eventually be reinstated.
Around the same time the development of effective polymerase chain reaction techniques made it possible to apply cladistic methods of analysis to biochemical and genetic features as well.
Comparison of bird and dinosaur skeletons through cladistic analysis strengthens the case for the link.
Classifying diverse groups of closely related organisms that differ very subtly is difficult using a cladistic approach.