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Also known as the “Phylogenetic system of classification.”   Cladistics  
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Who founded Cladistics?   Willi Hennig  
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What is a criticism of cladistics?   Its inability to account for hybridization  
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Also known as “numerical taxonomy.”   Phenetics  
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Criticism of traditional classification.   Subjectivity  
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Who founded phenetics?   Sokal and Sneath  
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Criticism of phenetics.   Inability to distinguish between analogous and homologous structures  
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Displays results on a matrix or coordinate plot.   Phenetics  
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Who proposed reticulistics?   W. H. Wagner  
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This system takes hybridization into account.   Reticulistics  
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A collection of species that evolved from a common ancestor.   Clade (also known as monophyletic group)  
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Another name for a cladogram.   Dendogram  
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Replaces “phylum” for use by botanists.   division  
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Currently the most widely-used classification system.   Cladistics  
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Biologists follow this code when naming an organism.   International Code of Botanical Nomenclature  
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The latter component of a species’ name in binomial nomenclature.   Specific epithet or trivial name  
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