Monophyly

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  • n. In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.
    • Word Usage
    "That’s pretty interesting, though it has to be said that the statistical support for turiasaurian monophyly is not overwhelmingly impressive."
    Antonym
    polyphyly    paraphyly   
     
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