Monophyly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Monophyly is a noun meaning (systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.
Meaning
(systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.
Example Sentences
All of these studies have presupposed acanthodian monophyly and stereotyped acanthodian endoskeletal morphology on Acanthodes, the latest-occurring, and a highly apomorphic genus.
Antonyms for monophyly
Common opposites include paraphyly, polyphyly.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include saurischian, monophylogeny, monophylesis, monophylety, monophyletism, monophyleticity.
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