Difference between revisions of "polyphyletic"

From ZooTerms (Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology)
Jump to: navigation, search
 
m (1 revision: simple adjective)
(No difference)

Revision as of 12:10, 6 September 2013

polyphyletic (adjective; Greek polys, many; phyle, tribe): 1. Of mixed evolutionary origin, not derived from a common ancestor.

2. Pertaining to a group whose most recent common ancestor is not cladistically a member of that group.

3. Pleophyletic.