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Diagram used to show relations among groups of organisms with common origins
A cladogram is a diagram used in cladistics to show evolutionary relations between groups of organisms. Cladograms are a type (subset) of phylogenetic trees that do not normally show evolutionary time but are required to meet specific criteria defined by cladistics. Like other evolutionary trees, cladograms can be used to show actual, hypothesized, or even hypothetical descent. Modern cladograms are most often generated algorithmically through computational phylogenetics using genetic data, typically from DNA sequencing, as part of a molecular systematics approach. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: CladogramA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Morphological and molecular systems of araneoids: an attempt at harmonization with a subsequent testing of the obtained cladogram using web-building characters (Aranei: Araneoidea)Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: DinosauriumThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: A cladistic analysis of phenotypic associations with haplotypes inferred from restriction endonuclease mapping and DNA sequence data. III. Cladogram estimation.Cited 1,886 times
- Go sideways: Maximum parsimonyA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Long branch attractionA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Noun A branching treelike graphical representation of the phylogenetic relationships between organisms showing which taxa have branched from common ancestors.
Noun A phylogenetic tree that is strictly the outcome of a cladistic analysis.
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
A cladistic analysis of phenotypic associations with haplotypes inferred from restriction endonuclease mapping and DNA sequence data. III. Cladogram estimation.
A cladistic analysis of phenotypic associations with haplotypes inferred from restriction endonuclease mapping. IV. Nested analyses with cladogram uncertainty and recombination.
COULD A CLADOGRAM THIS SHORT HAVE ARISEN BY CHANCE ALONE?: ON PERMUTATION TESTS FOR CLADISTIC STRUCTURE
Phylogenetic Relationships among Agamid Lizards of theLaudakia caucasiaSpecies Group: Testing Hypotheses of Biogeographic Fragmentation and an Area Cladogram for the Iranian Plateau
Implied alignment: a synapomorphy‐based multiple‐sequence alignment method and its use in cladogram search
Vicariant Patterns of Fragmentation among Gekkonid Lizards of the Genus Teratoscincus Produced by the Indian Collision: A Molecular Phylogenetic Perspective and an Area Cladogram for Central Asia
Intraspecific Cladogram Estimation: Accuracy at Higher Levels of Divergence
EVOLUTIONARY CHARACTER ANALYSIS: TRACING CHARACTER CHANGE ON A CLADOGRAM
🆕 Influential since 2022
Morphological and molecular systems of araneoids: an attempt at harmonization with a subsequent testing of the obtained cladogram using web-building characters (Aranei: Araneoidea)
SAMBA: Super area‐cladogram after resolving multiple biogeographical ambiguities
Cladogram construction of mosquitos based on morphological characteristics
📚 Books worth reading
DinosauriumLily Murray · 2017
Trees of lifeTheodore W. Pietsch · 2012- 📕Clade-Gravim CLADOGRAM Coloring BookGreg Marhenke, Ed Luterio · 2017
- 📕PHYLOGENY LAB CONSTRUCTING A CLADOGRAM [BI 212]Cathie Pake
- 📕What Is a Cladogram? Examining Evolutionary Relationships in Organisms Grade 6-8 Life ScienceBaby Professor · 2024
- 📕What Is a Cladogram? Examining Evolutionary Relationships in Organisms Grade 6-8 Life ScienceBaby Professor · 2024
- 📕What Is a Cladogram? Examining Evolutionary Relationships in Organisms Grade 6-8 Life ScienceBaby Professor · 2024
CladisticsFrida Brill · 2012
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