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Definition of monophyletic:
(adj) :
(biology) Descending from a single ancestral species.
(adj) :
(biology) Deriving from a single clade (monophylum).
(adj) :
Descending from a single ancestral species and containing all descendants of that single ancestor, holophyletic.
(adj) :
(biology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.
(adj) :
Descending from a single ancestral species but not containing all descendants of that ancestor, paraphyletic.
(adj) :
(biology) congeneric
Definition of monophyletic:
(adj) :
(biology) Descending from a single ancestral species.
(adj) :
(biology) Deriving from a single clade (monophylum).
(adj) :
Descending from a single ancestral species and containing all descendants of that single ancestor, holophyletic.
(adj) :
(biology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.
(adj) :
Descending from a single ancestral species but not containing all descendants of that ancestor, paraphyletic.
(adj) :
(biology) congeneric
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