Biology

About Phenetics

About Phenetics

This article describe about Phenetics, which is an attempt to classify organisms based on overall similarity, usually in morphology or other observable traits, regardless of their phylogeny or evolutionary relation. It is closely related to numerical taxonomy which is concerned with the use of numerical methods for taxonomic classification. Phenetics techniques are include various forms of clustering and ordination. These are sophisticated ways of reducing the variation displayed by organisms to a manageable level.