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(biology) The tendency of different types of individuals to form relationships..
Heterophyly (where a plant has quite different leaves in the juvenile stage compared to the mature state) is just one of many traits manifesting apparently widespread parallel evolution in the plant kingdom […]
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Heterophyly means (biology) The tendency of different types of individuals to form relationships..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include homophyly.
Heterophyly (where a plant has quite different leaves in the juvenile stage compared to the mature state) is just one of many traits manifesting apparently widespread parallel evolution in the plant kingdom […]
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