dendrogramn.
/ˈdɛndrəɡram/ A branched diagram representing the apparent similarity or relationship between taxa, esp. on the basis of their observed overall similarity rather than on their phylogeny. Also in extended senses.
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cladogram1965
phylogram1965
1953 E. Mayr et al. Methods & Princ. Systematic Zool. iii. 58 Figure 8..is not a phylogenetic tree, because it is not based on any information on fossil forms which might be ancestral connections of the various branches. Such a diagrammatic illustration of degree of relationship based on degree of similarity (morphological and otherwise) may be called a dendrogram.
1961 G. G. Simpson Princ. Animal Taxon. ii. 62 Opinions or claims regarding dendrograms vary between two extremes: that they have nothing whatever to do with phylogeny or that they do faithfully represent phylogeny.
1969 Computers & Humanities 4 140 A matrix of correlation coefficients is computed and clustered and a dendrogram plotted.
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