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Cladistic vs Outgroup - What's the difference?

cladistic | outgroup |

As an adjective cladistic

is of, relating to, or generated using cladistics.

As a noun outgroup is

in cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.

cladistic

English

Adjective

(head)
  • Of, relating to, or generated using cladistics.

    • outgroup

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (systematics) In cladistics, all the taxa included in a study that do not belong to the ingroup that is of immediate interest.
  • * 2009 January 15, Martin D. Brazeau, “The braincase and jaws of a Devonian 'acanthodian' and modern gnathostome origins”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07436:?
    • A cladistic analysis of 45 ingroup and two outgroup taxa was performed on the basis of 134 characters.
  • (sociology) The group of people who do not belong to one's own social group.

    • Antonyms

    * (systematics) ingroup * (sociology) ingroup