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What is monophyly?

What is monophyly? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.
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This as well as previous studies support monophyly in Cervinae, while Capreolinae appears paraphyletic.
The cryptic palatal fold is potentially a synapomorphy supporting the monophyly of the genus Avakubia.
For comparison, monophyly of angiosperms and spermatophytes is supported by 532 and 631 positions, respectively.
He pointed out, for example, that the developmental genetic explanation of the prevalence of pentadactyly assumes tetrapod monophyly.
Their monophyly is undisputed, given the five elongate, stiff mouthpart elements forming a distinctive beak, and an enlarged clypeus.
Molecular studies support the monophyly of all these taxa as Ecdysozoa, so the term Spiralia is sometimes used as a synonym for the non-molting protostomes, Lophotrochozoa.

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