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Apomorphy-based taxona group comprising all species descended from a common ancestor characterised by specific apomorphies. Apomorphy-based taxa are rarely used in cladistics because of the difficulty of determining when a particular trait appeared and whether its presence can be reliably determined. In contrast, all Linnaean and Evolutionary systematic taxa are apomor [..]
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