What does monophyly mean?
Monophyly means (systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species..
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(systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species..
All of these studies have presupposed acanthodian monophyly and stereotyped acanthodian endoskeletal morphology on Acanthodes, the latest-occurring, and a highly apomorphic genus.
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Monophyly means (systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
Possible antonyms include paraphyly, polyphyly.
All of these studies have presupposed acanthodian monophyly and stereotyped acanthodian endoskeletal morphology on Acanthodes, the latest-occurring, and a highly apomorphic genus.
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