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a taxon which has descendants from more than one ancestral taxon, or put another way, a group that consists of members that do not share a common ancestor, or a taxon that includes individuals that do not share a common ancestry. The taxon Reptilia is polyphyletic as well as paraphyletic because it includes the crocodiles.
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pertaining to a group of species that does not include both the most recent common ancestral species of the entire group and all more recent inferred ancestors of each species of the group.
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Not sharing a common ancestor.
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Clad. Relating to a group consisting of at least two ancestors and any of their descendents. A polyphyletic group is mistakenly or improperly erected on the basis of homoplasy.
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the theory that the various blood cells have their origin from two or more types of stem cells. Cf. dualistic t., monophyletic t., and trialistic t. Called also polyphyletism.
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