Cladogenesis

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The evolutionary change and diversification resulting from the branching off of new taxa from common ancestral lineages.
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  • n. An evolutionary splitting event in which each branch and its smaller branches forms a clade.
    • Word Usage
    "Usually, this pattern is attributed to cladogenesis compressed in time, combined with the inevitable erosion of the phylogenetic signal."
     
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