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PRONUNCIATION OF MONOPHYLETIC

monophyletic  [ˌmɒnəʊfaɪˈlɛtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MONOPHYLETIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Monophyletic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MONOPHYLETIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Monophyly

In common cladistic usage, a monophyletic group is a taxon which forms a clade, meaning that it consists of an ancestral species and all its descendants. The term is synonymous with the uncommon term holophyly. Monophyletic groups are typically characterized by shared derived characteristics. Monophyly is contrasted with the terms paraphyly and polyphyly, which are most easily understood from the second diagram in this article. In current usage, a paraphyletic group consists of all of the descendants of a common ancestor minus one or more monophyletic groups. A paraphyletic group is thus 'nearly' monophyletic A polyphyletic group is characterized by convergent features or habits; the features by which the group is differentiated from others are not inherited from a common ancestor. These definitions have taken some time to be accepted. When the cladistic school of thought became mainstream in the 1960s, several alternative definitions were in use. Indeed, taxonomists sometimes used terms without defining them, leading to confusion in the early literature, a confusion which persists. See also: Crown group...

Definition of monophyletic in the English dictionary

The definition of monophyletic in the dictionary is relating to or characterized by descent from a single ancestral group of animals or plants. Other definition of monophyletic is of or belonging to a single stock.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MONOPHYLETIC


aesthetic
iːsˈθɛtɪk
amuletic
ˌæmjʊˈlɛtɪk
athletic
æθˈlɛtɪk
balletic
ˌbæˈlɛtɪk
cosmetic
kɒzˈmɛtɪk
diabetic
ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk
diphyletic
ˌdaɪfaɪˈlɛtɪk
energetic
ˌɛnəˈdʒɛtɪk
epimeletic
ˌɛpɪməˈlɛtɪk
genetic
dʒɪˈnɛtɪk
homiletic
ˌhɒmɪˈlɛtɪk
kinetic
kɪˈnɛtɪk
magnetic
mæɡˈnɛtɪk
Monotheletic
ˌmɒnəʊθəˈlɛtɪk
nonathletic
ˌnɒnæθˈlɛtɪk
phyletic
faɪˈlɛtɪk
polyphyletic
ˌpɒlɪfaɪˈlɛtɪk
schindyletic
ˌskɪndɪˈlɛtɪk
synthetic
sɪnˈθɛtɪk
unathletic
ˌʌnæθˈlɛtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MONOPHYLETIC

monophagous
monophagy
monophase
monophasic
monophobia
monophobic
monophonic
monophonically
monophony
monophosphate
monophthong
monophthongal
monophthongise
monophthongize
monophyllous
monophyly
monophyodont

WORDS THAT END LIKE MONOPHYLETIC

acetic
alphabetic
anesthetic
arithmetic
ditheletic
Dyotheletic
esthetic
etepimeletic
hematopoietic
heretic
Ossetic
pathetic
phonetic
phylogenetic
poetic
prophetic
prosthetic
sympathetic
theoretic
unapologetic

Synonyms and antonyms of monophyletic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «monophyletic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MONOPHYLETIC

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The translations of monophyletic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «monophyletic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

单系
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

monofilético
570 millions of speakers

English

monophyletic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संघीय
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أحادي النمط الخلوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

монофилетическую
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

monofilético
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

monophyletic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

monophylétique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Monophyletik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

monophyletische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

単一系統の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

단일 종족
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Monophyletic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đơn ngành
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒற்றைத்தொகுதி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मोनोफ्लेलिटिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

monofiletik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

monophyletic
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

monofiletyczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

монофілетичного
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

monophyletic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μονοφυλετικές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

monofileties
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

monophyletic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

monophyletic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of monophyletic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOPHYLETIC»

The term «monophyletic» is regularly used and occupies the 72.206 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MONOPHYLETIC» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MONOPHYLETIC»

Discover the use of monophyletic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to monophyletic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Lizards: Windows to the Evolution of Diversity
According to this system, groups must be monophyletic, which means that each recognized group must include an ancestor plus all of its descendants. A monophyletic group is called a "clade," and each member is a taxon. An entire clade can ...
Eric R. Pianka, Laurie J. Vitt, 2006
2
Taxonomy of Angiosperms
Are Angiosperms Monophyletic or Polyphyletic? The two terms, monophyletic and polyphyletic have been so frequently used in the classification of angiosperms that it is necessary to understand their exact meaning before employing them in ...
V.N. Naik, 1984
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Biodiversity of Fungi: Inventory and Monitoring Methods
Current information indicates that the grouping of800 species of Chytridiomycota, largely defined by the ancestral character state of a smooth posterior flagellum, is not monophyletic. Zygomycota, a group of more than 1000 species, is defined ...
Mercedes S. Foster, Gerald F. Bills, 2011
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Biology of Termites: a Modern Synthesis: A Modern Synthesis
In the [Engel+COII] tree, Archotermopsidae becomes monophyletic with Hodotermopsis nested within that group. All three analyses agree on the monophyly of the Kalotermitidae (see also Thompson et al. 2000b), but differ in their position ...
David Edward Bignell, Yves Roisin, Nathan Lo, 2010
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Plant Systematics
Members of a monophyletic group share one or more unique evolutionary events ; otherwise, the group could not generally be identified as monophyletic. For example, four monophyletic groups can be delimited from the cladogram of Figure ...
Michael G. Simpson, 2011
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Patterns and Processes of Vertebrate Evolution
In both of these cases, there is still only limited information regarding the specific interrelationships of these taxa within larger monophyletic groups, which precludes the recognition of series of nested taxa. This, in fact, applies to many ...
Robert Lynn Carroll, 1997
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Reconstructing the Past: Parsimony, Evolution, and Inference
Mammalia They go on to assert that Invertebrata, Acrania, Pisces, Reptilia, and perhaps Amphibia are not monophyletic groups. Those who think that evolutionary ideas have not much changed the classifications biologists draw up have not ...
Elliott Sober, 1991
8
Molecular Systematics and Plant Evolution
or taxa or any other elements of analysis), as depicted on a particular cladogram, can be determined to be monophyletic or non-monophyletic simply by reference to their placement on that cladograrn. In this case, to assert that a group is ...
Peter M. Hollingsworth, Richard M. Bateman, Richard J. Gornall, 1999
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Keywords in Evolutionary Biology
crocodiles do not form a monophyletic group apart from birds. Yet evolutionary taxonomists believe that lizards and crocodiles share a number of adaptive similarities not possessed by birds. According to the evolutionary taxonomists' usage, ...
Evelyn Fox Keller, Elisabeth A. Lloyd, 1994
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Evolution of the Insects
If a classification is to reflect phylogeny exactly and have explanatory power, then all taxa classified must be strictly monophyletic. Paraphyletic and polyphyletic groups are not accepted as taxa suitable for ranking in the classification (see also  ...
David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MONOPHYLETIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term monophyletic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Flagellar Diversity Challenges Darwinian Evolution, Not Intelligent …
The groups with flagella are scattered all about the tree and do not form a single monophyletic group. In other words, the diversity of flagella ... «Discovery Institute, Jul 15»
2
Rhizobium–legume symbiosis in the absence of Nod factors: two …
In the Aeschynomene genus, only a monophyletic clade encompassing 12 species, including A. indica and A. evenia, were found to be ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
3
Towards a comprehensive phylogeny of the large temperate genus …
... more than one sampled species were found to be strictly monophyletic. Most opposite-/whorled-leaved species fall into a single clade, i.e. «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»
4
Genomic potential for arsenic efflux and methylation varies among …
For acr3, the marine picocyanobacteria form a strongly supported monophyletic group. This group is also monophyletic in arsC and arsR trees, ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
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Origin and evolution of Petrocosmea (Gesneriaceae) inferred from …
Any one morphological character is not problematic in and of itself but can circumscribe non-monophyletic groups when used in isolation, ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jul 15»
6
Fish & Wildlife Service Issues Technical Corrections Affecting …
487-499) further indicates that the group of species originally classified under the genus Halcyon is not monophyletic (a monophyletic group ... «Targeted News Service, Jun 15»
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Fungal endophytes of Vanilla planifolia across Réunion Island …
Although P. microspora is a member of the order Xylariales (a common source of endophytes), MOTU10 formed a monophyletic clade with ... «BMC Blogs Network, Jun 15»
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Phylogeny and classification of the East Asian Amitostigma alliance …
Two early-divergent clades that escaped analysis by Jin et al. undermine their attempt to circumscribe an expanded monophyletic genus ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
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Students at JSHS “Science Fair” Win Awards for STEM Research
Phylogenetic Analysis of DNA Sequences Supports Three Reciprocally Monophyletic Species in Dwarf rosebay - Therorhodion (Ericaceae). «PR Web, May 15»
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Complexity of the HIV strains circulating among the HIV infected …
Besides, clustering patterns of the Manipur HIV new recombinant forms into multiples groups displaying monophyletic lineages in the ... «E-Pao.net, May 15»

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