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- noun Plural form of
branching .
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Examples
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It will be observed that the braid forms irregular lines that recall the branchings of coral, and it will be a very easy matter for an amateur lace-maker to similarly arrange her braid for any purpose she desires.
The Art of Modern Lace Making The Butterick Publishing Co.
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Note that there are two cases, a soft dichotomy wherein there is insufficient data to resolve the order of events, and a hard dichotomy where there were multiple, simultaneous branchings in fact.
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The "direction" is distance from the trunk measured in number of branchings.
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However, the broad outlines are clear, as are many individual branchings.
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The "direction" is distance from the trunk measured in number of branchings.
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Phylogenetic trees are formed by branchings, not natural selection.
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Phylogenetic trees are formed by branchings, not natural selection.
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Note that there are two cases, a soft dichotomy wherein there is insufficient data to resolve the order of events, and a hard dichotomy where there were multiple, simultaneous branchings in fact.
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Zachriel: Phylogenetic trees are formed by branchings, not natural selection. angryoldfatman: Phylogenetic trees are formed by the imaginations of human beings sorting things.
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The universal phylogenetic tree, therefore, is not an organismal tree at its base but gradually becomes one as its peripheral branchings emerge.
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