Q. Phylogenetic classification is one which is based on

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Solution:

Phylogenetic systems of classification bring out evolutionary relationships of organisms. Phylogenetic systems of classification came into existence after acceptance of doctrine of evolution and natural selection propounded by Charles Darwin in his book 'On the origin of Species' by means of Natural Selection. Darwin had put forward the view that the present day plants/animals originated from some ancestral ones after undergoing some periodical changes. So the phylogenetic classification is based on the evolutionary descent of a group of organisms and the relationships are depicted through a phylogram and a cladogram.