'''Kladogenese''' kommer af [[Græsk (sprog)|græsk]] ''klados'' = "gren" + ''genesis'' ="skabelse". Ordet bruges om den [[evolution]], der skabes ved konstante udspaltninger fra dyre- eller plantegrupper. Kladogenese er grenet evolution.<ref name=Gould&Eldredge1977>{{cite journal | last1=Gould | first1=Stephen Jay | last2=Eldredge | first2=Niles | year=1977 | title=Punctuated equilibria: the tempo and mode of evolution reconsidered | url=http://www.nileseldredge.com/pdf_files/Punctuated_Equilibria_Gould_Eldredge_1977.pdf | format=PDF | journal=Paleobiology | volume=3 | issue=2 | pages=115–151 [145] | doi=10.1017/s0094837300005224 | access-date=15. april 2018 | archive-date=24. juni 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624060126/http://www.nileseldredge.com/pdf_files/Punctuated_Equilibria_Gould_Eldredge_1977.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref>
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