The Collaborative International Dictionary
Monophyletic \Mon`o*phy*let"ic\, a. [Gr. ? of one tribe, fr. mo`nos single + ? clan.] (Biol.) Of or pertaining to a single family or stock, or to development from a single common parent form; -- opposed to polyphyletic; as, monophyletic origin.
Wiktionary
a. 1 (context biology English) Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms. 2 (context biology English) Deriving from a single clade (monophylum).
Wikipedia
- redirect Monophyly
Usage examples of "monophyletic".
Today, this view has been modified radically, and almost all researchers believe that both groups, Ornithischia and Saurischia, are closely related and that all dinosaurs form a socalled monophyletic group, originating from a common ancestor.
Between the Hepaticae, Anthocerotales, Sphagnales and Musci, there are no connecting forms known, and it must be left as an open question whether the Bryophyta are a monophyletic or polyphyletic group.
Today, this view has been modified radically, and almost all researchers believe that both groups, Ornithischia and Saurischia, are closely related and that all dinosaurs form a socalled monophyletic group, originating from a common ancestor.