«Just when systematic biology was poised to come into its own, it's being held back,» he says. (newscientist.com)
Genomic research and the field of systematic biology have since refined this sorting, but Spiegel argues outdated ideas continue to distort evolutionary relationships among organisms. (scientificamerican.com)
Cladistics is an empirical method that estimates genealogy and is used throughout systematic biology. (discovermagazine.com)