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Definition of Monophyly
1. Noun. (systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Monophyly
1. [n -LIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Monophyly
Literary usage of Monophyly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Analysis of Racial Descent in Animals by Thomas Harrison Montgomery (1906)
"These writers mention as one of the arguments against monophyly, that it implies
that all living forms must be of the same age if they had a common ancestor ..."
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