Relating to or resulting from cladogenesis; describing evolutionary change that occurs through the splitting of species into separate lineages.
From cladogenesis plus the adjectival suffix '-ic,' which means 'relating to' or 'of the nature of.' Combines Greek 'klados' (branch) and 'genesis' (origin).
The cladogenetic model revolutionized how scientists think about evolution—instead of imagining life as a ladder where organisms climb upward, we now see it as a branching tree where species split and diversify in different directions.
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