biosystematicsn.
/ˌbʌɪə(ʊ)sɪstᵻˈmatɪks/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊˌsɪstəˈmædɪks/ Biology.
With singular agreement. The classification of organisms using evidence from genetic, cytological, and ecological studies of populations (in addition to morphological and geographical data).
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maxillary system1826
tautonymy1892
cytotaxonomy1930
subtyping1937
biosystematy1941
biosystematics1943
chemotaxonomy1961
phenetics1963
morphometrics1965
pheneticism1970
1943 Science 10 Dec. 516/1 Several terms have been applied to such studies; they have been variously described as the ‘new’ systematics, as biosystematics and as population genetics.
1951 G. H. M. Lawrence Taxon. Vascular Plants viii. 172 The findings of taxonomy (classical as well as modern) and of biosystematics are of mutual importance.
1977 P. B. Medawar & J. S. Medawar Life Sci. ii. 24 The purpose of biosystematics is to name animals and to arrange their names in some order and pattern.
1992 Heredity 68 93/1 Plant taxonomy has seen numerous ‘new dawns’ by way of disciplines including biosystematics.
2007 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 4 July The funding of biosystematics..is woefully inadequate.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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