cladogram

American

[klad-uh-gram, klay-duh-] / ˈklæd əˌgræm, ˈkleɪ də- /

noun

Biology.

a branching diagram depicting the successive points of species divergence from common ancestral lines without regard to the degree of deviation.

cladogram British

/ ˈkleɪdəʊˌɡræm /

noun

biology a treelike diagram illustrating the development of a clade See clade

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cladogram Scientific

/ 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.

Etymology

Origin of cladogram

First recorded in 1965–70; clado- + -gram ¹

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Draw lines between nearest relatives to construct a cladogram that displays the relationships inferred by answers to your questions.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Phylogenetic trees and cladogram can represent traits, such as the number of heart chambers in animals, which are derived or lost due to evolution.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

The positions of various characters in the cladogram reflect the order in which those characteristics arose.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

Highly simplified cladogram of the amphibolurine clade that includes Pogona, Ctenophorus and kin, based mostly on the tree in Pyron et al.

From Scientific American ● Feb. 7, 2014

The highly simplified cladogram below depicts the relationships among most of the major iguanian groups.

From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2013

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