Hemiplasy
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Hemiplasy is a noun meaning (genetics) A condition similar to homoplasy that is the topological discordance between a gene tree and a species tree attributable to lineage sorting of genetic polymorphisms that were retained across successive nodes in a species tree.
Meaning
(genetics) A condition similar to homoplasy that is the topological discordance between a gene tree and a species tree attributable to lineage sorting of genetic polymorphisms that were retained across successive nodes in a species tree.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include homoplasia, homoplasy, heterotopy, homophyly, semihomology, paralogy.
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