cladogram

[ klad-uh-gram, kley-duh- ]

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

Origin of cladogram

1
First recorded in 1965–70; clado- + -gram1

Words Nearby cladogram

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British Dictionary definitions for cladogram

cladogram

/ (ˈkleɪdəʊˌɡræm) /


noun
  1. biology a treelike diagram illustrating the development of a clade: See clade

Origin of cladogram

1
C20: from clade + -o- + -gram

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Scientific definitions for cladogram

cladogram

[ klădə-grăm′, klādə- ]


  1. 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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