"cladogenesis" meaning in All languages combined

See cladogenesis on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: cladogeneses [plural]
Etymology: From clado- + -genesis. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|clado|genesis}} clado- + -genesis Head templates: {{en-noun|~|cladogeneses}} cladogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural cladogeneses)
  1. (genetics) An evolutionary splitting event in which each branch and its smaller branches forms a clade. Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: cocladogenesis Related terms: anacladogenesis, cladogenic Translations (evolutionary splitting event): 系枝進化 /系枝进化 (xìzhījìnhuà) (Chinese Mandarin), 分枝進化 /分枝进化 (fēnzhījìnhuà) (Chinese Mandarin)

Inflected forms

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