outgroup

outgroup读音音标

英 [\'aʊtɡru:p]

美 [\'aʊtɡrup]

outgroup意思解释

n.

外集团，外围集团；

英英释义

In cladistics or phylogenetics, an outgroup is a (monophyletic) group of organisms that serve as a reference group for determination of the evolutionary relationship among three or more monophyletic groups of organisms.