What do the "nodes" in a cladogram represent?

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Linica Uday
Feb 2, 2017

The nodes in cladograms represent divergences or speciation events.

Explanation:

The nodes on the trees indicate the common ancestors of descendants.

At each node a splitting event occurs. The node therefore represents the end of the ancestral taxon and the stems , the species that split from the ancestor. The two taxa that split from the node are called sister taxa.

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