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(phylogenetics) An organism existing in an evolutionary state that represents a morphological change as compared to a previous state.
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(cladistics) An organism that possesses a derived trait that is unique to a particular taxon.
adj
(chiefly systematics) In a phylogenetic tree, being a group, or member of a group, which diverged earlier. The earliest clade to branch in a larger clade.
adj
(systematics) descended or evolved from a common ancestor in two separate branches
n
(taxonomy) classification into clades
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relating to the evolutionary development of two or more organisms at the same time
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The evolutionary development of two or more organisms at the same time
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The state of being diploblastic.
adj
(biology) Mostly monophyletic but containing some hybrids
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(genetics, evolutionary theory) A reduction in genetic diversity resulting when a population is descended from a small number of colonising ancestors.
n
Hypothetical ancestor of a clade.
n
Hypothetical ancestor of a clade.
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(biology) the variation in ontogeny of individuals of a species that gives rise to evolution
adj
(biology) Having two or more different lines of descent
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(genetics) A form of evolution caused by genetic drift.
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(creationism) A grouping of all organisms believed to be genetically related to each other in baraminology.
adj
(biology) Forming a clade; monophyletic.
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The condition of being holophyletic.
adj
(biology) Descended from ancestors of the same species
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hybridism, hybridity; in particular, the degree thereof.
n
The state of being hybrid.
adj
(taxonomy) known or expected to be polyphyletic, as of a form taxon.
adj
Within (organisms of a) particular taxon
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(of an animal) describes the parentage of a hybrid; descended from parents of different breeds or with different traits.
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(creationism) Part or all of a holobaramin; a group of organisms believed to be related to by common descent in baraminology.
adj
(creationism) Of or relating to a monobaramin.
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(genetics) A monophyletic clade
adj
Relating to one single generation.
adj
having a single source, originating in one place at a single moment
adj
(mathematics) Having a single differential coefficient considered as a rule of generation.
adj
Of a single morphology.
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The condition of being monophyletic; monophyly
adj
(biology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.
adj
Alternative form of monophyletic [(biology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.]
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(taxonomy) The property of being monophyletic; monophyly.
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The property of being monophyletic.
adj
Relating to, or deriving from a single phylogeny
n
(genetics) The condition of being monophyletic
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A species as a whole without hyponymous groupings.
adj
Describing a classification that is defined by the presence of all of a set of attributes
n
(taxonomy) The condition of a taxon having only a single subordinate taxon.
n
(biology) A species distinguished from others only by its morphology.
adj
(biology) consisting of, or related to multiple genera
adj
Having a complex phyletic origin
adj
Containing organisms of multiple taxons
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The condition of being nonmonophyletic
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(biology, historical) The hypothesis that posits that orthogenesis works by means of natural selection.
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(genetics) A group of paraphyletic or monophyletic evolutionary lineages
adj
(systematics) Of a defined group of taxa, not including all descendants of the most recent common ancestor of all members.
n
The condition of being paraphyletic
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(systematics) The condition of being paraphyletic
adj
Of or pertaining to gradual evolutionary change along a single line of descent
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A geographically constrained group with one or more unique apomorphies.
adj
(cladistics) Sharing a character state with an ancestral clade; primitive.
adj
(creationism) Of or relating to a polybaramin.
n
The genesis of a species from more than one ancestor.
n
(ethnology) The belief that humans descended from more than one ancestral pair.
n
One who maintains that animals of the same species are descended from more than one original pair.
adj
Synonym of polyhistorical
adj
(taxonomy) Having multiple ancestral sources; referring to a taxon that does not contain the most recent common ancestor of its members.
n
The property of being polyphyletic.
n
The property of being polyphyletic.
n
(taxonomy) The condition of being polyphyletic
adj
Pertaining to multiple species
adj
(taxonomy) Relating to polytomy
n
(taxonomy) A section of a phylogeny in which the evolutionary relationships cannot be fully resolved to dichotomies
n
The existence of multiple types, especially of multiple subspecies.
n
A phylogenetic tree constructed by SplitsTree
n
(cladistics) An ancestral trait shared by two or more taxa.
adj
Of one genus; monogeneric.
n
A single, unique lineage
adj
Of one species; monospecific.
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