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cladogenesis en · NOUN

Etymology

From clado- + -genesis.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) An evolutionary splitting event in which each branch and its smaller branches forms a clade.
    • Yunxian 2 is important for understanding the cladogenesis -- an evolutionary process in which one species splits into two or more distinct species -- of early humans, the scientists said. 2025 September 27, Julia Jacobo, “Million-year-old skull could rewrite timeline of human origin, researchers say”, in ABC News:

Forms

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cladogeneses Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

cocladogenesis

Relateds

cladogenic · anacladogenesis

Translations (2)

cmn 分枝進化 /分枝进化 (evolutionary splitting event) · cmn 系枝進化 /系枝进化 (evolutionary splitting event)