Dictionary

monophyly en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (qualifier:systematics, uncountable) 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. 2009 January 15, Martin D. Brazeau, “The braincase and jaws of a Devonian 'acanthodian' and modern gnathostome origins”, Nature Volume 457 No. 7227, doi:10.1038/nature07436

Antonyms

polyphyly · paraphyly

Deriveds

nonmonophyly

Relateds

monophyletic

Translations (5)

pt monofiletismo (condition of being monophyletic) · fr monophylie (condition of being monophyletic) · de Monophylie (condition of being monophyletic) · it monofiletismo (condition of being monophyletic) · cmn 单系群 (condition of being monophyletic)