phenetics
/fəˈnɛtɪks/
phenetics noun: a form of numerical systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon the total or relative number of shared characteristics.
Noun
phenetics (uncountable)
- A form of numerical systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon the total or relative number of shared characteristics.
- We have seen in Chapter 6 and the previous chapters that dissatisfaction with traditional taxonomy gave rise, after the Second World War, to two distinct attempts at a remedy - phenetics and cladistics.1992, Alec L. Panchen, Classification, Evolution, and the Nature of Biology, page 132
- Microbial systematics has enjoyed two major advances in the latter half of this century: the introductions of numerical phenetics and molecular techniques for direct comparisons of organismal genomes. Numerical phenetics (taxonomy) was very influential during the 1960s and 70s in providing the...2000, F.G. Priest, Michael Goodfellow, Preface: Applied Microbial Systematics, page xi
- Synonyms:
- taximetrics, taxometrics
Synonyms of phenetics
Origin of phenetics
From phenetic + -s.
Words that rhyme with phenetics
Questions about phenetics
- What does phenetics mean?
- Phenetics means a form of numerical systematics in which organisms are grouped based upon the total or relative number of shared characteristics.
- What part of speech is phenetics?
- Phenetics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce phenetics?
- Phenetics is pronounced /fəˈnɛtɪks/.
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