- In phylogenetics, an
apomorphy (or
derived trait) is a
novel character or
character state that has
evolved from its
ancestral form (or plesiomorphy)....
- trackways.
Defining tetrapods based on one or two
apomorphies can
present a
problem if
these apomorphies were
acquired by more than one
lineage through convergent...
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family or in
general any clade). It can
therefore be
considered as an
apomorphy in
relation to a
single taxon. The word autapomorphy,
introduced in 1950...
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distinguish the
clade from
other clades. Plesiomorphy, symplesiomorphy,
apomorphy, and
synapomorphy all mean a
trait shared between species because they...
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psychogeographical concept Derived trait, or
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- eudicots,
rather than non-monocot
flowering plants in general.
Monocot apomorphies (characteristics
derived during radiation rather than
inherited from...
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birds than to Deinonychus.
Avialae is also
occasionally defined as an
apomorphy-based
clade (that is, one
based on
physical characteristics). Jacques...
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polyphyletic groups, and only
allows the use of specimens, species, and
apomorphies as
specifiers (anchors).
Unlike rank-based
nomenclatural codes (ICN,...
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which have been p****ed down from
innovations in a
shared ancestor (
apomorphies). Only
derived characters, such as the spine-producing
areoles of cacti...
- ("lower") and
vascular ("higher") plants). The
terms "plesiomorphy" and "
apomorphy" are
typically used in the
technical literature: for example, when a plesiomorphic...
