Go to MSN Homeencarta®
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
Claddagh ring
cladding
clade
cladist
cladistics
clado-
cladoceran
cladode
cladogenesis
cladogram
cladophyll
clafouti
claim
claim adjuster
claimant
claims adjuster
clair de lune
Click to move down the list of words
Also available:

World English Dictionary
Dictionnaire Français

cladogenesis
clad·o·gen·e·sis [ klàddō jénnəssiss, klàydō jénnəssiss ]


noun 
Definition:
 
evolutionary development: evolutionary change regarded as taking place by the splitting of an ancestral species into two or more different descendant species

clad·o·ge·net·ic [ klàddō jə néttik, klàydō jə néttik ] adjective
clad·o·ge·net·i·cal·ly [ klàddō jə néttikəlee, klàydō jə néttikəlee ] adverb
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement
© 2009 Microsoft