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terms 17.2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cladistics | a phylogenic classification system that uses shared derived characteristics and ancestry as the sole criterion for grouping taxa |
| clade | a taxonomic grouping that includes only a single ancestor and all of its descendants |
| cladogram | a diagram that is based on patterns of shared, derived traits and that shows the evolutionary relationships between groups of organisms |
| derived character | a feature that evolved only within a particular taxonomic group |
| phylogenetics | the analysis of evolutionary, or ancestral, relationships between taxa |
| phylogenetic diagram | a branching diagram that models the relationships by ancestry between different species or other taxonomic groups |
| shared character | a feature that is shared by all members of a particular group of organisms |
| systematics | the classification of living organisms in terms of their natural relationships; includes describing, naming, and classifying the organisms |