分ぶん岐き学がく

noun

cladistics

A method of biological classification based on shared derived characteristics and evolutionary relationships.

• 分ぶん岐き学がくは、生せい物ぶつの系けい統とう関かん係けいを推すい定ていする手しゅ法ほうの一ひとつです。

  Cladistics is one method for estimating the phylogenetic relationships of organisms.