Question

Which of these is true with respect to cladistics?

Answer 1

"It is based on phylogeny" is the one among the following choices given in the question that is true with respect to cladistics. The correct option among all the options that are given in the question is the second option or option "B". I hope that the answer has actually come to your great help.

Answer 2

The correct answer is option B.) "It is based on phylogeny". Cladistics is based on phylogeny, as is one of the most widely used method of generating phylogenetic trees. In cladistics species are organized according on its most recent common ancestor in groups, also known as clades. Originally the groups were formed on physical characteristics shared by the species, but nowadays genetic discoveries had been reorganized the clades based on genome similarity.