dendrogram

 [den-druh-gram]  

den·dro·gram

   [den-druh-gram]
noun Biology.
a treelike diagram depicting evolutionary changes from ancestral to descendant forms, based on shared characteristics.

Origin:
dendro- + -gram1
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Dendrogram is always a great word to know.
So is nuclear membrane. Does it mean:
variation in traits such as body weight or height in which a series of types are distributed on a continuum, not grouped into discrete categories
the double membrane surrounding the nucleus within a cell
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dendrogram (ˈdɛndrəʊˌɡræm)
 
—n
any branching diagram, such as a cladogram, showing the interconnections between treelike organisms

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