cladogram

American  

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

noun

Biology.

1. 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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cladogram British  

/ ˈkleɪdəʊˌɡræm /

noun

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

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cladogram Scientific  

/ klăd′ə-grăm′,klā′də- /

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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Etymology

Origin of cladogram

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

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Example Sentences

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cladogram

This information is then used to build a cladogram.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

Derived characters that occur “lower” on the cladogram than the branch point for a clade are not derived for that particular clade.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

In part 2, the bottom represents the common ancestor shared by all organisms in the cladogram.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018

Composite cladogram of Avialae - topology and names based mostly on Yuri et al.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 27, 2014

Substantially simplified amphibolurine cladogram, mostly based on the topology shown in Pyron et al.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 17, 2014

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