The concept of 'Adansonian Taxonomy' is the basis for which modern trend?
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Correct answer: Numerical Taxonomy
Adansonian taxonomy refers to the practice of using many characters with equal weight for classification. This is the fundamental principle used in computer-based numerical taxonomy.
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