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[Gk. phylon, race, tribe]
The changes taking place in a single lineage of organisms over a long period of time; one of the principal patterns of evolutionary change.
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A group of animals or plants constructed on a similar general plan, a primary division in classification.
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In biology, phylogenetics (Greek: phylon = tribe, race and genetikos = relative to birth, from genesis = birth) is the study of evolutionary relatedness among various groups of organisms (e.g., species, populations).
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Cladistics (Greek: clados = branch) or phylogenetic systematics (Greek: phylon = race and genetic = birth) is a branch of biology that determines the evolutionary relationships of living things based on derived similarities.
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