n.
The evolutionary change and diversification resulting from the branching off of new taxa from common ancestral lineages.
[Greek klados, branch + -GENESIS.]
cladogenetic clad'o·ge·net'ic (-jə-nĕt'ĭk) adj.cladogenetically clad'o·ge·net'i·cal·ly adv.
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