Term: biosystematics: use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework
Broader: systematics: the science of systematic classification | Unrelated: bacteria: (microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants
Broader: systematics: the science of systematic classification | Unrelated: ephemeron: anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
Broader: systematics: the science of systematic classification | Unrelated: emergence: the gradual beginning or coming forth
Broader: systematics: the science of systematic classification | Unrelated: onopordum: a genus of Eurasian herbs of the family Compositae with prickly foliage and large purplish flowers
Broader: systematics: the science of systematic classification | Unrelated: opposition: a contestant that you are matched against
Broader: systematics: the science of systematic classification | Unrelated: california laurel: Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
Broader: systematics: the science of systematic classification | Unrelated: acromion: the outermost point of the spine of the shoulder blade
Broader: systematics: the science of systematic classification | Unrelated: doghouse: an idiomatic term for being in disfavor
Broader: systematics: the science of systematic classification | Unrelated: clorox: a commercial bleaching agent
Broader: systematics: the science of systematic classification | Unrelated: beroe: delicately iridescent thimble-shaped ctenophores