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cladogenic

cladogenic adjective: relating to, or causing cladogenesis.

Adjective

cladogenic (not comparable)

  1. Relating to, or causing cladogenesis
    • The differing positions of Maiasaura relative to Probrachylophosaurus and Brachylophosaurus in each analysis leads to uncertainty regarding the timing of the cladogenic split between the Brachylophosaurus and Maiasaura lineages.2015 November 12, “A New Brachylophosaurin Hadrosaur (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) with an Intermediate Nasal Crest from the Campanian Judith River Formation of Northcentral Montana”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of cladogenic

From clado- + -genic.

Words formed from cladogenic

Questions about cladogenic

What does cladogenic mean?
Cladogenic means relating to, or causing cladogenesis.
What part of speech is cladogenic?
Cladogenic is an adjective.

Words near cladogenic in the dictionary

  1. cladofulvin
  2. cladogeneses
  3. cladogenesis
  4. cladogenetic
  5. cladogenetically
  6. cladogenic
  7. cladogram
  8. cladograms
  9. cladomania
  10. cladome
  11. cladomes

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