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cladograms

cladograms is the plural of cladogram.

Meaning of cladogram

Noun

cladogram (plural cladograms)

  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.2000, Richard Fortey, “No Such Thing as a Fish”, in London Review of Books, volume 22, number 13
  2. (phylogenetics) A phylogenetic tree that is strictly the outcome of a cladistic analysis.

Questions about cladograms

What is cladograms the plural of?
Cladograms is the plural of cladogram.

Words near cladograms in the dictionary

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

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