What is an antonym for monophyly?
Possible antonyms include paraphyly, polyphyly.
(systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.
Common opposites include paraphyly, polyphyly.
Related dictionary entries include saurischian, monophylogeny, monophylesis, monophylety, monophyletism, monophyleticity.
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Possible antonyms include paraphyly, polyphyly.
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