Cladograms

Word CLADOGRAMS
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Definitions and meanings of "Cladograms"

What do we mean by cladograms?

A branching treelike graphical representation of the phylogenetic relationships between organisms showing which taxa have branched from common ancestors.

A phylogenetic tree that is strictly the outcome of a cladistic analysis.

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The word "cladograms" in example sentences

IOW if any "nesting" exists in cladograms it is either by characteristics or just because someone placed things in the same group. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The chief symptom of this change is the significance attached to nodes in cladograms … in all early work in cladograms, the nodes are taken to represent ancestral species. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Also all that are on the cladograms are the tips of the branches - the tips and the starting point. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Cladograms are not nested hierarchies because cladograms are not beholden to the same rules as a nested hierarchy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However, all cladograms represent evolutionary descent. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This relative pattern of relationships can be expressed in a vast, nested hierarchy — the hierarchy of life — represented in a series of internested cladograms. ❋ Unknown (2009)

However olegt has proven that cladograms are not nested hierarchies because cladograms are not beholden to the same rules as a nested hierarchy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In modern systematics, a very large number of characteristics are used to test a very large number of proposed cladograms looking for the best fit under the principle of parsimony. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Moreover, Tim Pearce has brought to my attention something he and Charlie Sturm had noticed: no slides of cladograms were shown during this meeting! ❋ AYDIN (2009)

As I said cladograms are derived from shared characteristics and common ancestry is then ASSUMED. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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