cladogenesis


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
cladogenesis /ˌkleɪdə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪsɪs, ˈkladə(ʊ)-/
noun Biology the formation of a new species by evolutionary divergence from an ancestral form.
– derivatives
cladogenetic adjective.
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