Look up: monophyletic

1. monophyletic
   Term applied to a group of organisms which includes the most recent common ancestor of all of its members and all of the descendants of that most recent common ancestor. A monophyletic group is called a clade. More?
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2. monophyletic
   Denoting a taxonomic group whose members are all more closely related to each other than to any organism outside of the group. (cf polyphyletic)
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3. Monophyletic
   Refers to a group of species that all have a single common ancestral species
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4. Monophyletic
   Pertaining to a set of organisms consisting of one species and all of that species' descendants.
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5. Monophyletic
   Mon`o·phy·let'ic adjective [ Greek ... of one tribe, from mo`nos single + ... clan.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic ; as, monophyletic origin.
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6. monophyletic
   Derived from a single ancestral line. ... Compare: polyphyletic. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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7. monophyletic
   (mon″o-fi-let´ik) descended from a common ancestor or stem cell.
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8. Monophyletic
   • (a.) Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.
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9. monophyletic
   Type: Term Pronunciation: mon′ō-fī-let′ik Definitions: 1. Having a single cell type of origin; derived from one line of descent, in contrast to polyphyletic. 2. In hematology, relating to monophyletism.
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