cladogenesis

English

Etymology

From clado- +‎ -genesis.

Noun

cladogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural cladogeneses)

1. (genetics) An evolutionary splitting event in which each branch and its smaller branches forms a clade.
   • 2025 September 27, Julia Jacobo, “Million-year-old skull could rewrite timeline of human origin, researchers say”, in ABC News‎^[1]:

     Yunxian 2 is important for understanding the cladogenesis -- an evolutionary process in which one species splits into two or more distinct species -- of early humans, the scientists said.

Derived terms

• cocladogenesis

Related terms

• anacladogenesis
• cladogenic

Translations

evolutionary splitting event

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 系枝進化 / 系枝进化 (xìzhījìnhuà), 分枝進化 / 分枝进化 (fēnzhījìnhuà)