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Anagenesis vs Cladogenesis - What's the difference?

anagenesis | cladogenesis |

As nouns the difference between anagenesis and cladogenesis

is that anagenesis is the evolution of a new species by the large scale change in gene frequency so that the new species replaces the old rather than branching to produce an additional species while cladogenesis is an evolutionary splitting event in which each branch and its smaller branches forms a clade.

anagenesis

English

(wikipedia anagenesis)

Noun

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  • The evolution of a new species by the large scale change in gene frequency so that the new species replaces the old rather than branching to produce an additional species.

    • cladogenesis

    English

    (wikipedia cladogenesis)

    Noun

  • An evolutionary splitting event in which each branch and its smaller branches forms a clade.