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单词 cladogenesis
释义

cladogenesis

noun

clad·​o·​gen·​e·​sis ˌkla-də-ˈje-nə-səs How to pronounce cladogenesis (audio)
: evolutionary change characterized by treelike branching of taxa compare anagenesis
cladogenetic
ˌkla-dō-jə-ˈne-tik How to pronounce cladogenesis (audio)
adjective
cladogenetically
ˌkla-dō-jə-ˈne-ti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce cladogenesis (audio)
adverb

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Whereas, in cladogenesis, a lineage splits into two or more separate lines. Julia Musto, Fox News, 5 Mar. 2022 But the case for cladogenesis over anagenesis hinges entirely on that 3.9-million-year-old forehead bone from Belohdelie belonging to A. afarensis—no other A. afarensis remains recovered thus far are that old. Kate Wong, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2019 This branching mode of evolution, known as cladogenesis, can occur when populations of a species become isolated from one another and are thus able to evolve in different directions. Kate Wong, Scientific American, 7 Dec. 2019 Since these modern features were already present in the older species, the most likely scenario is that Lucy’s species formed by evolutionary divergence from A. anamensis – a process known as cladogenesis. Hester Hanegraef, Quartz Africa, 7 Sep. 2019 Further evidence for cladogenesis comes from a 3.9m years old frontal bone (part of the forehead) from Ethiopia, discovered in 1981. Hester Hanegraef, Quartz Africa, 7 Sep. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined above

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