cladismo
1. A school of biological classification that groups organisms based on shared evolutionary history and common ancestry, organizing life into clades
Cladism has become the dominant approach in modern systematic biology and evolutionary classification.
O cladismo tornou-se a abordagem dominante na biologia sistemática moderna e na classificação evolutiva.
2. The methodology and principles underlying cladistic analysis, emphasizing monophyletic groups
The principles of cladism require that classification groups reflect actual evolutionary relationships.
Os princípios do cladismo exigem que os grupos de classificação reflitam as relações evolutivas reais.
Cladism represents a paradigm shift in biological classification that emerged in the late 20th century. It is central to modern evolutionary biology and is taught as the standard approach in universities in both Brazil and the United States. The term reflects the scientific community's move away from traditional Linnaean classification toward phylogenetic-based groupings.
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