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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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
monophyletic — monophyletic. См. монофилетический. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
monophyletic — [män΄ō fī let′ik, män΄əfī let′ik] adj. [see MONO & PHYLETIC] 1. of a single stock 2. developed from a single ancestral type monophyletism [män΄ōfī′lə tiz΄əm] n … English World dictionary
monophyletic — having a single unbranching line of evolution. A monophyletic taxon includes all descendents from the common ancestor of its members. A monophyletic group usually refers to a clade, i.e. an organism and all of its descendants … Dictionary of ichthyology
monophyletic — 1. Having a single cell type of origin; derived from one line of descent, in contrast to polyphyletic. 2. In hematology, relating to monophyletism. [mono + G. phyle, tribe] * * * mono·phy·let·ic .män ō fī let ik … Medical dictionary
monophyletic theory — n a theory in physiology: all the cellular elements of the blood derive from a common stem cell compare POLYPHYLETIC THEORY * * * the theory that all forms of blood cells have their origin in a single type of cell, the blast cell (which develops… … Medical dictionary
monophyletic — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1874 of or relating to a single stock; specifically developed from a single common ancestral form • monophyly noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
monophyletic — adj. [Gr. monos, single; phyle, tribe] 1. With a single common ancestry. 2. Any group whose most recent common ancestor is cladistically a member of that group; see polyphyletic, oligophyletic … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
monophyletic — monophyletism /mon euh fuy li tiz euhm, fil i /, monophylety, n. /mon oh fuy let ik/, adj. Biol. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon. [1870 75; MONO + PHYLETIC] * * * … Universalium
monophyletic — mÉ‘nəʊfaɪ letɪk / mÉ’ adj. coming from one ancestral species (Biology) … English contemporary dictionary
