A polytomy i, meaning many temporal based branches, is a section of a phylogeny in which the evolutionary relationships cannot be fully resolved to dichotomies. In a phylogenetic tree, a polytomy is represented as a node which has more than two immediate descending branches. They present an analytical problem, but can usually be better studied by ...
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• (n.) A division into many members.
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Po·lyt'o·my noun (Logic) A division into many members.
F. Bowen. Found on
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