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cladogram
[ klad-uh-gram, kley-duh- ]
/ ˈklæd əˌgræm, ˈkleɪ də- /
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noun Biology.
a branching diagram depicting the successive points of species divergence from common ancestral lines without regard to the degree of deviation.
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Words nearby cladogram
clado-, cladocarpous, cladoceran, cladode, cladogenesis, cladogram, cladophyll, cladoptosis, cladosporiosis, Cladosporium, claes
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British Dictionary definitions for cladogram
cladogram
/ (ˈkleɪdəʊˌɡræm) /
noun
Word Origin for cladogram
C20: from clade + -o- + -gram
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Scientific definitions for cladogram
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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