cladogenesis
nounEtymology From clado- + -genesis.
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Biology, Genetics, Medicine, Natural sciences, Sciences 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:
- Derived terms
- cocladogenesis
- Related terms
- anacladogenesis, cladogenic