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Polyphyly

A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor. The term is often applied to groups that share similar features known as homoplasies, which are explained as a result of convergent evolution.

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Polyphyly

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples20
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Polyphyly

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related to External links · 12
Polyphyly → Annu, DNA, Ecol, Evol, Frequency, Funk, FunkEtal2003AnnuRevEcolEvolV34pp397-423, Omland, Rev, Species-level, Subspecies, Syst
related to Etymology · 4
Polyphyly → Ancient Greek, Conversely, Greek, The
related to overview · 4
Polyphyly → C4, For, Other, The

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polyphyletic groups species monophyletic group common organisms ancestor term homoplasies paraphyly example includes monophyly recent often evolution grouping many paraphyletic

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Polyphylyrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Polyphylyrelated to EtymologyAncient Greek0.60section
Polyphylyrelated to EtymologyConversely0.60section
Polyphylyrelated to EtymologyGreek0.60section
Polyphylyrelated to External linksFunk0.60section
Polyphylyrelated to External linksOmland0.60section
Polyphylyrelated to External linksSpecies-level0.60section
Polyphylyrelated to External linksFrequency0.60section
Polyphylyrelated to External linksDNA0.60section
Polyphylyrelated to External linksAnnu0.60section
Polyphylyrelated to External linksRev0.60section
Polyphylyrelated to External linksEcol0.60section

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