adverb
- in a manner relating to or based on cladistics; according to the principles of evolutionary classification that group organisms by shared ancestry
Usage: technical; biology
Examples
- The species were classified cladistically based on their shared derived characteristics.
- Cladistically speaking, birds and dinosaurs belong to the same evolutionary group.
- The phylogenetic tree was constructed cladistically to reflect the most recent common ancestors.
- Modern taxonomists often organize organisms cladistically rather than by overall similarity.
- The researcher analyzed the data cladistically to determine the true evolutionary relationships.