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What is the adjective for monophylum?

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monophyletic
  1. (biology) Of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.
  2. (biology) Deriving from a single clade (monophylum).
  3. Examples:
    1. “They proposed a monophyletic clade that includes primates, the tree shrew, the flying lemur, rabbit, and rodents.”
      “Given two monophyletic groups of taxa, the site patterns found in an alignment of sequences can be described in terms of five classes.”
      “Because the taxa are not reciprocally monophyletic, we cannot date the actual speciation event.”
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