monophyletic

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ phyletic.

Adjective

monophyletic (not comparable)

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

Derived terms

• monophylesis
• monophyletical
• monophyletically
• monophyletic group
• monophyleticity
• monophyletism
• nonmonophyletic

 

Related terms

• biphyletic
• epiphyletic
• holophyletic
• monophyletist
• monophyly
• paraphyletic
• polyphyletic

 

Translations

of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum

• Finnish: monofyleettinen (fi)
• German: monophyletisch (de)
• Vietnamese: đơn ngành

deriving from a single clade

• Finnish: monofyleettinen (fi)
• Portuguese: monofilético

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} monofyletisch (nl)

References

• “monophyletic”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Monophyly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia