Cladogram

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A branching treelike graphical representation of the phylogenetic relationships between organisms showing which taxa have branched from common ancestors.

    "Hard though it may seem to associate avian elegance with cumbersome and ferocious behemoths this was the story told by the cladograms, revealed by interpreting the bones of the famous old bird Archaeopteryx unfettered by preconceived notions."

  2. 2
    a tree diagram used to illustrate phylogenetic relationships wordnet
  3. 3
    A phylogenetic tree that is strictly the outcome of a cladistic analysis.

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"Hard though it may seem to associate avian elegance with cumbersome and ferocious behemoths this was the story told by the cladograms, revealed by interpreting the bones of the famous old bird Archaeopteryx unfettered by preconceived notions."

Etymology

From clado- + -gram.

Related phrases

phylogenetic tree

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