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What is the primary objective of systematics?
Elucidating phylogeny
What is phylogeny?
The evolutionary history or pattern of descent of a group of organisms
What does a cladogram represent?
An estimate of phylogeny
What do lineages represent in a cladogram?
Ancestral-descendant populations through time
What is the specific branch of systematics concerned with inferring phylogeny?
Phylogenetic systematics or Cladistics
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