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Meaning of "polyphyletic" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD POLYPHYLETIC

From poly- + phyletic.
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PRONUNCIATION OF POLYPHYLETIC

polyphyletic  [ˌpɒlɪfaɪˈlɛtɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POLYPHYLETIC

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

WHAT DOES POLYPHYLETIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Polyphyly

A polyphyletic group is one characterized by one or more homoplasies: character states which have converged or reverted so as to appear to be the same but which have not been inherited from common ancestors. For example, the group consisting of warm-blooded animals is polyphyletic because it contains both mammals and birds, but the most recent common ancestor of mammals and birds was cold-blooded. Warm-bloodedness evolved separately in the ancestors of mammals and the ancestors of birds. Other examples of polyphyletic groups are protozoans and algae. Many biologists aim to avoid homoplasies in grouping species together and therefore it is frequently a goal to eliminate groups that are found to be polyphyletic. This is often the stimulus for major revisions of the classification schemes. Researchers concerned more with ecology than with systematics may take polyphyletic groups as legitimate subject matter; the similarities in activity within the fungus group Alternaria, for example, can lead researchers to regard the group as a valid genus while acknowledging its polyphyly.

Definition of polyphyletic in the English dictionary

The definition of polyphyletic in the dictionary is relating to or characterized by descent from more than one ancestral group of animals or plants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POLYPHYLETIC


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
monophyletic
ˌmɒnəʊfaɪˈlɛtɪk
Monotheletic
ˌmɒnəʊθəˈlɛtɪk
nonathletic
ˌnɒnæθˈlɛtɪk
phyletic
faɪˈlɛtɪk
schindyletic
ˌskɪndɪˈlɛtɪk
synthetic
sɪnˈθɛtɪk
unathletic
ˌʌnæθˈlɛtɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POLYPHYLETIC

polyphenol
polyphenolic
polyphloesboean
polyphloisbic
polyphon
polyphone
polyphonic
polyphonic prose
polyphonic ringtone
polyphonically
polyphonies
polyphonist
polyphonous
polyphonously
polyphony
polyphosphoric acid
polyphyletically
polyphyllous
polyphyodont

WORDS THAT END LIKE POLYPHYLETIC

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

Synonyms and antonyms of polyphyletic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «polyphyletic» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POLYPHYLETIC

Find out the translation of polyphyletic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of polyphyletic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «polyphyletic» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

多系
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

polifilético
570 millions of speakers

English

polyphyletic
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

polyphyletic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

متعدد المحتد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

полифилетической
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

polyphyletic
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

polyphyletic
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

polyphylétiques
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Polyphyletic
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

polyphyletische
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

多系統
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

polyphyletic
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Polyphyletic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đa ngành
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பல்கணத்துக்குரியதாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॉलीफायलेटिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

polyphyletic
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

polifiletico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

polifiletyczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поліфілетічеського
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

polyphyletic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

polyphyletic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

polyphyletic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

polyphyletic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

polyphyletic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of polyphyletic

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYPHYLETIC»

The term «polyphyletic» is normally little used and occupies the 121.175 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POLYPHYLETIC» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POLYPHYLETIC»

Discover the use of polyphyletic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to polyphyletic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Biological Systematics: Principles and Applications
monophyletic paraphyletic polyphyletic Fig. 4.4. Monophyletic, paraphyletic, and polyphyletic groups. In the sense of Hennig's definitions given in the text, ancestors are represented by the interior nodes of the cladogram. • A paraphyletic group ...
Randall T. Schuh, 2000
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The Mollusks: A Guide to Their Study, Collection, and ...
They are monophyletic, including a common ancestor and all its descendants. BCD, on the other hand, is paraphyletic. It includes some members of a monophyletic group but not all (A is missing). AF is polyphyletic (specifically, diphyletic).
Charles F. Sturm, Timothy A. Pearce, Ángel Valdés, 2006
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Encyclopedia of Entomology
Phylogenetics, Figure 48 An illustration of the three types of groupings: monophyletic, paraphyletic and polyphyletic. Phylogenetics seeks to identify, categorize and name only monophyletic groups. Note that there is no common ancestor for a ...
John L. Capinera, 2008
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Competition Science Vision
Polyphyletic. Groups. The prime importance of animal systematics is to arrange animals into groups that reflect evolutionary relationships. Ideally, these groups should include a single ancestral species and all of its descendants. Such a group ...
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International Advances in the Ecology, Zoogeography, and ...
Distribution Origin of sequenced Status of the material genus Acanthiops Madagascar + Africa Madagascar + Africa polyphyletic Afroptilum Madagascar + Africa Madagascar + Africa polyphyletic Baetis Africa + Palearctic Africa + Palearctic ...
F. Richard Hauer, Jack Arthur Stanford, Robert L. Newell, 2008
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Bioinformatics for Beginners: Genes, Genomes, Molecular ...
If the classification is performed based on homo- plastic characters (similar characters that evolved independently in different groups through convergent evolution), polyphyletic groups are obtained. A poly- phyletic group includes the ...
Supratim Choudhuri, 2014
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The Poverty of the Linnaean Hierarchy: A Philosophical Study ...
It is not hard to see why cladists do not recognize either paraphyletic or polyphyletic taxa. Recall that evolutionary taxonomists place lizards, snakes, and crocodiles in the paraphyletic taxon Reptilia (Figure 2.3). Crocodiles and birds share a ...
Marc Ereshefsky, 2000
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Phylogenetics: Theory and Practice of Phylogenetic Systematics
A polyphyletic group is one in which the most recent common ancestor is not included in the group. 2. A polyphyletic group is a group based on convergent ( nonhomologous) similarities. Hennig's genealogical definition is similar to those of ...
E. O. Wiley, Bruce S. Lieberman, 2011
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The Evolution of Adaptive Systems: The General Theory of ...
of ''macros'' likewise retain a few micro traits (Endromididae, Mimallonidae, Lasiocampidae, Epiplemidae, Callidulidae, Hesperiidae). The above scheme may then reflect polygradism, where the advanced grade is truly polyphyletic in terms of ...
James Patrick Brock, 2000
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Biomineralization: Progress in Biology, Molecular Biology ...
Furthermore, the first hints of a polyphyletic origin of the magnetotactic bacteria were obtained since the next known relatives of both the cultivated magnetospirilla and the Chiemsee magnetococci showed no magnetotaxis. Interestingly, even ...
Edmund Bäuerlein, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POLYPHYLETIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term polyphyletic is used in the context of the following news items.
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Flagellar Diversity Challenges Darwinian Evolution, Not Intelligent …
In reality, flagella are distributed in a polyphyletic manner that doesn't fit what we'd expect from common ancestry: tim_flag_phyl_500.jpg. «Discovery Institute, Jul 15»
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Phylogeny and classification of the East Asian Amitostigma alliance …
... Neottianthe and Hemipiliopsis are monophyletic but each is nested within a polyphyletic plexus of species attributed to either Ponerorchis or ... «BMC Blogs Network, May 15»
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Analysis of a Local HIV-1 Epidemic in Portugal Highlights …
As expected, polyphyletic patterns suggesting multiple and old introductions of the B and G subtypes were found. However, transmission clusters of non-B and ... «Journal of Clinical Microbiology, Apr 15»
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SIP metagenomics identifies uncultivated Methylophilaceae as …
... 2012), the polyphyletic nature of DMS degrading microbial taxa means that populations degrading DMS cannot be identified using ribosomal ... «Nature.com, Mar 15»
5
Wild Buzz: Taxing bean matters
The IUCN's view on Bean goose taxonomy is that it is "one polyphyletic species, Anser fabalis". THE PATRIARCH ROARS. Rocky, the lone ... «Hindustan Times, Feb 15»
6
There is so much more to flying frogs than flying frogs
... several conventional 'genera' being the subject of substantial disagreement due to proposals that they might be paraphyletic or polyphyletic. «Scientific American, Jan 15»
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Massive Genetic Study Confirms Birds Arose in "Big Bang"-Type of …
... and morphological alliances suggest that some of the traditional nongenomic trait classifications are based on polyphyletic assemblages. «Discovery Institute, Dec 14»
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South America's very many remarkable deer
(2008): brockets are polyphyletic in this tree. Those yellow flashes show where the lineage concerned is thought to have crossed the Central ... «Scientific American, Nov 14»
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Phytosaurs, (mostly) gharial-snouted reptiles of the Triassic, part I
... appear to be paraphyletic or polyphyletic). The majority have been included within the node-based clade Phytosauridae (Doyle & Sues 1995, ... «Scientific American, Nov 14»
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Coffee: Millions of Years of Poison and Brain Manipulation
... sequential tandem duplications independently of genes from cacao and tea, suggesting that caffeine in eudicots is of polyphyletic origin.”. «National Geographic, Sep 14»

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