Contributors in Genetics
Genetics
cladogenesis
Biology; Genetics
The development of a new clade; the splitting of a single lineage into two distinct lineages; speciation.
convergence
Biology; Genetics
Similarities which have arisen independently in two or more organisms that are not closely related. Contrast with homology.
crown group
Biology; Genetics
All the taxa descended from a major cladogenesis event, recognized by possessing the clade's synapomorphy. See: stem group.