Terminal Node

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Represents the taxa in the study or the end of the ancestral lineage in a cladogram. This can be a group such as a phylum or genus, or it can be as specific as an individual species. Also referred to as tips or leaves.

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    (Singular: leaf) Represents the taxa in the study or the end of the ancestral lineage in a cladogram. This can be a group such as a phylum, or genus or it can be as specific as an individual species. Also referred to as tips or terminal node.
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    (Singular: tip) Represents the taxa in the study or the end of the ancestral lineage in a cladogram. This can be a group such as a phylum or genus, or it can be as specific as an individual species. Also referred to as terminal node or leaves.
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