Encyclopedia: Clade
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A clade is a taxonomic group (such as one of organisms) comprising a single common ancestor and all the descendants of that ancestor. Any such group is considered to be a monophyletic group, and can b...
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Monophyletic taxon : A group composed of a collection of organisms, including the most recent common ancestor of all those organisms and all the descendants of that most recent common ancestor. A monophyletic taxon is also called a clade.
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www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/glossary/gloss1/phyly.html
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Monophyletic means common descent form a single ancestor. Biologists have introduced a taxonomy. If there is a group, that is made of a common ancestor (or...
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simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophyletic
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monophyletic
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"monophyletic group (= monophylum): In a hierarchical system of descent, an ancestor (stem-species) and all of his descendants (descendant species) together form a closed community of descent that is called a monophyletic group (sensu HENNIG;
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www.palaeos.com/Systematics/Cladistics/monophyletic.htm
www.palaeos.com/Systematics/Cladistics/monophyletic.htm
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This group is monophyletic because it consists of a single animal together with all of its descendants. The Dinosauria, including the modern birds, Monophyletic groups are also called clades, and are generally considered as the only ``natural'' kind of group. They are very important in phylogenetic classification.
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www.miketaylor.org.uk/dino/faq/s-class/phyletic/index.h...
www.miketaylor.org.uk/dino/faq/s-class/phyletic/index.html
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These loose definitions fail to recognize the fact that all organisms are related, therefore any conceivable taxon is logically "monophyletic". In modern usage, a monophyletic taxon is defined as one that includes the most recent common ancestor of a group of organisms, and all of its descendents;
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www.mun.ca/biology/scarr/Taxon_types.htm
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monophyletic. Having a unique common ancestor. A monophyletic taxonomic group traces it origins to a single ancestral species and includes that species and all species descended from it. sister groups. Taxonomic groups that together form a monophyletic group.
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buzz.ifas.ufl.edu/glossary.htm
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(b) A monophyletic taxon is one that includes the common ancestor species as well as all descendant species (d) "The ideal in systematics is for each taxon to be a monophyletic grouping, creating a classification that reflects the evolutionary history of organisms. . .
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www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~sabedon/campbl25.htm
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in which Eukarya = monophyletic domain (a) The eukaryotes represent a monophyletic domain, one made up of the protista, the fungi, the animals, and the plants (as named according to the five-kingdom system 5ks)
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www.mansfield.ohio-state.edu/~sabedon/campbl28.htm
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