Definitions For Monophyletic

Adjective

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

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Translations

Finnish: monofyleettinen German: monophyletisch Vietnamese: đơn ngành Finnish: monofyleettinen Portuguese: monofilético {{checktrans-top}} Dutch: {{t+check, nl, monofyletisch}}