cladogenetic


clad·o·gen·e·sis

C0381100 (klăd′ə-jĕn′ĭ-sĭs)n. An evolutionary process that involves the splitting off or branching of new taxa from an ancestral form.
[Greek klados, branch + -genesis.]
clad′o·ge·net′ic (-jə-nĕt′ĭk) adj.clad′o·ge·net′i·cal·ly adv.

cladogenetic

(ˌklædəʊdʒəˈnɛtɪk) adj (Biology) relating to cladogenesis