What are the three main schools of taxonomic classification> Which school is a combination of the other two? Which is the most widely used today?
Which is most appropriate for studies of evolutionary history?
1. Numerical phenetics. This is the most influential modern school of phenetic classification. The terms phenetics, numerical phenetics and numerical taxonomy are used interchangeably.
2. Cladism is the common term for classification based on the phylogenetic principle, although the term phylogenetic systematics has been used.
3. Evolutionary classification: a synthesis of phenetic and phylogenetic methods. (this school is the combination of the other two).
The most appropriate school for studies of evolutionary history is EVOLUTIONARY CLASSIFICATION.
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