monophyletic Hear it!

monophyletic Definition

mono·phy·letic (män′ō fī let′ik, män′ə-)

adjective

  1. of a single stock
  2. developed from a single ancestral type

Etymology: see mono- & phyletic

monophyletic Related Forms
mon′o·phy′·letism′ (-fī′lə tiz′əm) noun
monophyletic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • group: I am familiar with Hennig's work, which is why we have been directly looking for monophyletic groups within the deuterostomes.