clad·o·gram

[klad-uh-gram, kley-duh-]
noun Biology.
a branching diagram depicting the successive points of species divergence from common ancestral lines without regard to the degree of deviation.


Origin:
1965–70; clado- + -gram1

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cladogram (ˈkleɪdəʊˌɡræm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
biology See clade a treelike diagram illustrating the development of a clade
 
[C20: from clade + -o- + -gram]

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cladogram   (klād'ə-grām', klā'də-)  Pronunciation Key 


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A branching treelike diagram used to illustrate evolutionary (phylogenetic) relationships among organisms. Each node, or point of divergence, has two branching lines of descendance, indicating evolutionary divergence from a common ancestor. The endpoints of the tree represent individual species, and any node together with its descendant branches and subbranches constitutes a clade.
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The end result is a treelike relationship diagram called a cladogram.
The cladogram graphically represents a hypothetical evolutionary process.
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