Cladistics

The term nested in cladistics is used precisely in the same sense as in nested hierarchy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So cladistics is a reductive method, stripping a defined set of taxa, that have for sure one trait in common, of all distinguishing, autapomorphic traits to arrive at sets of plesiomorphic traits that are common to all taxa in the monophylitic clade. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The way "nested" is used in cladistics the only nesting is because someone put it there. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Also "nested" in cladistics just means that someone put them there as an ancestor. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I have already provided a reference that says cladistics is not the same as Linnean classification, yet you seem to conflate the two. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It also appears that the word "nested" in cladistics isn't used how the rest of the world uses the word. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I said the way the word "nested" is used in cladistics is not the same way as it is used in nested hierarchy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In biology cladistics is an analytical approach to a defined set of taxa. ❋ Unknown (2009)

ID guy: I said the way the word "nested" is used in cladistics is not the same way as it is used in nested hierarchy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The basic idea behind cladistics is that members of a group share a common evolutionary history, and are "closely related," more so to members of the same group than to other organisms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I imagine it's rather important in cladistics to be able to differentiate between homologous traits and analogous traits. ❋ Unknown (2009)

ID guy: That is cladistics, which is different from Linnean taxonomy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

That is cladistics, which is different from Linnean taxonomy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Such relationships are determined through a method of scientific analysis called cladistics, which the Museum helped pioneer. ❋ Unknown (2010)