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How does cladistics classify organisms?

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1. Monophyletic group. Taxa comprising all the descendants of a common ancestor.

2. Paraphyletic group- Taxon that includts an ancestor but not all of the descendants of that ancestor.
3. Polyphyletic group: Taxa that includes members from two different lineages.
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