Cladogenesis Definition

klădə-jĕnĭ-sĭs
noun
An evolutionary process that involves the splitting off or branching of new taxa from an ancestral form.
American Heritage Medicine

Other Word Forms of Cladogenesis

Noun

Singular:
cladogenesis
Plural:
cladogeneses

Origin of Cladogenesis

  • Greek klados branch –genesis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • clado- +"Ž -genesis

    From Wiktionary

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CCLCLA

Words Ending With

SISSIS

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cladogenesis

Words Starting With C and Ending With S

Starts With C & Ends With SStarts With CL & Ends With SStarts With C & Ends With IS

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