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polyphyleticPertaining to a taxon whose members were derived from two or more ancestral forms not common to all members.
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polyphyletic"...this concept assumes a tree structure, but one where the true structure may be obscured or in doubt. A polyphyletic group is one made of at least two disjoint un-nested clades
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polyphyleticA family or relational grouping of taxa where members do not share all ancestors in common. © 2014 Nature Education
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polyphyleticDescribes a group of organisms or genes
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polyphyletica term describing a group of taxa (e.g. species, families) which are placed in the same taxonomic group but do not all have the same common ancestor e.g. the taxon consisting of the algae is polyphyle [..]
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polyphyleticReferring to a group of organisms that do not share a common ancestor.
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polyphyleticRefers to a group of species that do not have one common ancestor species
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polyphyleticRefers to a taxon, phylogenetic tree, or gene tree composed of members derived by evolution from ancestors in more than one ancestral taxon; hence, composed of members that do not share a unique common ancestor. Cf. monophyletic.
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polyphyleticTerm applied to a group of organisms which does not include the most recent common ancestor of those organisms; the ancestor does not possess the character shared by members of the group. More?
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polyphyleticA taxonomic group of organisms excluding their common ancestor.
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