Definition of Monophyletic. Meaning of Monophyletic. Synonyms of Monophyletic

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Definition of Monophyletic

Monophyletic
Monophyletic Mon`o*phy*let"ic, a. [Gr. ? of one tribe, fr. ? single + ? clan.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.

Meaning of Monophyletic from wikipedia

- consisting of the descendants of a common ancestor excepting one or more monophyletic subgroups. A polyphyletic grouping meets neither criterion, and instead...
- (kládos) 'branch'), also known as a monophyletic group or natural group, is a grouping of organisms that are monophyletic – that is, composed of a common...
- monophyly, or monophyletic, employs the ancient Gr**** adjective μόνος (mónos) 'alone, only, unique', and refers to the fact that a monophyletic group includes...
- produced several hypotheses. The current consensus is that chordates are monophyletic, meaning that the Chordata include all and only the descendants of a...
- are also crepuscular and diurnal species. While the butterflies form a monophyletic group, the moths, comprising the rest of the Lepidoptera, do not. Many...
- phylogenetic nomenclature, use cladistic methods that require taxa to be monophyletic (all descendants of some ancestor). Their basic unit, therefore, the...
- Algae and Pteridophyta. Although a 2005 study supported this traditional monophyletic view, by 2010 a broad consensus had emerged among systematists that bryophytes...
- mya, and found in the fossil beds of the Burgess shale. Animals are monophyletic, meaning they are derived from a common ancestor. Animals are sister...
- to a clade, a monophyletic group, which includes most of the (former) dicots. "Tricolpate" is a synonym for the "Eudicot" monophyletic group, the "true...
- different conclusions, for example that the ferns (Pteridophyta) are not monophyletic. Hao and Xue presented an alternative phylogeny in 2013 for pre-euphyllophyte...