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apomorphyA derived character state; a new feature that arose during the course of evolution.
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apomorphyIn cladistics, an apomorphy is a unique derived or specialized character trait found in a particular taxon, which is also possessed by a common ancestor. character.
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apomorphyA homology which has originated as an evolutionary novelty within a group under study.
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apomorphyA derived character, a feature whose state is unlike the ancestral condition. If it is a unique variation it is an autapomorphy, if shared by more than one taxon, it is a synapomorphy.
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apomorphy A relatively derived or advanced or unique character state (cf. autapomorphy, synapomorphy, plesiomorphy, symplesiomorphy).
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apomorphya derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants
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apomorphy
(systematics) A derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants.
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