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cladogeneses

cladogeneses is the plural of cladogenesis.

Meaning of cladogenesis

Noun

cladogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural cladogeneses)

  1. 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

Questions about cladogeneses

What is cladogeneses the plural of?
Cladogeneses is the plural of cladogenesis.

Words near cladogeneses in the dictionary

  1. cladodium
  2. cladodont
  3. cladodonts
  4. cladodromous
  5. cladofulvin
  6. cladogeneses
  7. cladogenesis
  8. cladogenetic
  9. cladogenetically
  10. cladogenic
  11. cladogram

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