trees that show how organisms are related
Lesson Summary. Both phylogenetic trees and cladograms help show the relationships between different organisms, but only phylogenetic trees have branches that represent evolutionary time and amount of change. These were formerly based on physical characteristics, but are more accurately based on genetic relationships.iologists use cladograms and phylogenetic trees to illustrate relationships among organisms and evolutionary relationships for organisms with a shared common ancestor. Both cladograms and phylogenetic trees show relationships among organisms, how alike, or similar, they might be.