Definitions for monophyletic
mono·phylet·ic

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1. monophyleticadjective

   Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.

2. monophyleticadjective

   Deriving from a single clade (monophylum).

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1. monophyletic

   In cladistics for a group of organisms, monophyly is the condition of being a clade—that is, a group of taxa composed only of a common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population) and all of its lineal descendants. Monophyletic groups are typically characterised by shared derived characteristics (synapomorphies), which distinguish organisms in the clade from other organisms. An equivalent term is holophyly.The word "mono-phyly" means "one-tribe" in Greek. Monophyly is contrasted with paraphyly and polyphyly as shown in the second diagram. A paraphyletic group consists of all of the descendants of a common ancestor minus one or more monophyletic groups. A polyphyletic group is characterized by convergent features or habits of scientific interest (for example, night-active primates, fruit trees, aquatic insects). The features by which a polyphyletic group is differentiated from others are not inherited from a common ancestor. These definitions have taken some time to be accepted. When the cladistics school of thought became mainstream in the 1960s, several alternative definitions were in use. Indeed, taxonomists sometimes used terms without defining them, leading to confusion in the early literature, a confusion which persists.The first diagram shows a phylogenetic tree with two monophyletic groups. The several groups and subgroups are particularly situated as branches of the tree to indicate ordered lineal relationships between all the organisms shown. Further, any group may (or may not) be considered a taxon by modern systematics, depending upon the selection of its members in relation to their common ancestor(s); see second and third diagrams.

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1. Monophyleticadjective

   of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin

2. Etymology: [Gr. of one tribe, fr. mo`nos single + clan.]

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1. Monophyletic

   mon-ō-fi-let′ik, adj. pertaining to a single phylum:—opp. to Polyphyletic.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of monophyletic in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

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   The numerical value of monophyletic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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