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cladogram
[ 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.
cladogram
/ ˈkleɪdəʊˌɡræm /
cladogram
/ klăd′ə-grăm′,klā′də- /
- 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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Origin of cladogram1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cladogram1
C20: from clade + -o- + -gram
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