monophyletic
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Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
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| —adj | |
| 1. | relating to or characterized by descent from a single ancestral group of animals or plants |
| 2. | (of animals or plants) of or belonging to a single stock |
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Monophyletic
is always a great word to know.
So is neo-Darwinism. Does it mean:
| any modern theory of evolution holding that species evolve by natural selection acting on genetic variation |
| the compact area of a nerve cell that constitutes the nucleus and surrounding cytoplasm, excluding the axons and dendrites |
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Medical Dictionary
monophyletic mon·o·phy·let·ic (mŏn'ō-fī-lět'ĭk)
adj.
Descended or derived from one original stock or source.
Of or being the theory that all blood cells are derived from one common stem cell.
mon'o·phy'le·tism (-fī'lĭ-tĭz'əm) n.
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Science Dictionary
monophyletic  (mŏn'ō-fī-lět'ĭk) Pronunciation Key
Relating to a taxonomic group that contains all the descendants of a single common ancestor. All clades, such as birds and placental mammals, are monophyletic. Compare paraphyletic, polyphyletic. |
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Example sentences
The arrangement of major snake groups herein reflects well-supported evolutionary divergence and monophyletic relationships.
All living birds share a common ancestor that would also be considered a bird, so they are a monophyletic group.
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