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.
- degeneration
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- deme
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- dendrite
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- denitrification
- density-dependent factors
- deoxyribonucleic acid
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dendrogramDendrogramm (ger.)
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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. (OED 2011)
- 1953
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Mayr, E., Linsley, E.G. & Usinger, R.L. (1953). Methods and Principles of Systematic Zoology: 58.
- 1961
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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.
Simpson, G.G. (1961). Principles of Animal Taxonomy: 62.