-
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...