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What's a node on a cladogram?

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A n0de corresponds to a hypothetical ancestor. A terminal node is the hypothetical last common ancestral interbreeding population of the taxon labeled at a tip of the cladogram. ... Each internal n0de is also at the base of a clade, which includes the common ancestral population (node) plus all its

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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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