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- In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy). A...
- mainly Asian-Pacific lineages, and the often smaller, sometimes highly apomorphic taxa which are most common in Africa and the Palearctic, usually have...
- trait shared between species because they share an ancestral species. Apomorphic and synapomorphic characteristics convey much information about evolutionary...
- distinguish shared ancestral (or plesiomorphic) traits from shared derived (or apomorphic) traits. However, certain phenetic methods, such as neighbor joining,...
- the Orsten lagerstätten in southern Sweden. It appears to have several apomorphic features, notably including a single large compound eye. The head of Cambropachycope...
- The highly apomorphic Siphonophorae—like this Portuguese man o' war (Physalia physalis)—have long misled hydrozoan researchers....
- superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae): This unique songbird shows strong ****ual dimorphism, with a peculiarly apomorphic display of plumage in males....
- members of the Anatinae are the extinct moa-nalo, a young but highly apomorphic lineage derived from the dabbling ducks. There has been much debate about...
- described as consisting of a basal "living fossil" lineage and a more apomorphic main radiation. Whether the name "Coleorrhyncha" is to be retained for...
- that the supposedly "more ancient" paleognath jaws are among the few apomorphic (more derived) features of the palaeognaths, meaning that the respective...