paraphyletic

(păr′ə-fī-lĕt′ĭk)

adj.

Of or relating to a group of taxa that includes the common ancestor of all the members but not all descendants of that ancestor.

par′a·phy·let′i·cal·ly adv.

par′a·phy′ly (păr′ə-fī′lē, pə-răf′ə-lē) n.

paraphyletic

(evolutionary taxonomy) (of a group) having evolved from a single ancestral form but not including all the descendents.

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References in periodicals archive

This is consistent with previous results indicating that Scirpeae is paraphyletic with respect to Cariceae (Leveille-Bourret et al.

Phylogeny and Systematics of Cyperaceae, the Evolution and Importance of Embryo Morphology

In this opsin phylogeny InvC sequences form a monophyletic clade, but it is poorly supported; and in some cases this group is recovered as a number of basally branching paraphyletic clades separated by taxa: panarthropods, echinoderms, and annelids (Bok et al., 2017).

Radiolar Eyes of Serpulid Worms (Annelida, Serpulidae): Structures, Function, and Phototransduction

In accordance with this pattern, a paraphyletic Pterobryaceae constituted the sister taxon of Cryphaeaceae (Fig.

CLADISTIC ANALYSIS OF THE FAMILY CRYPHAEACEAE (BRYOPHYTA) WITH EMPHASIS ON CRYPHAEA: A STUDY BASED ON A COMPREHENSIVE MORPHOLOGICAL DATASET

Previous studies of Dactylotini including Hesperotettix viridis Thomas, 1872 discovered that this tribe is paraphyletic (Chapco 2006, Chintauan-Marquier et al.

Phylogenetic relationship of Japanese Podismini species (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) inferred from a partial sequence of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene

The Prosigmodon species appear as a paraphyletic group with Prosigmodon holocuspis in the base of a Sigmodon clade, and Prosigmodon oroscoi, Prosigmodon ferrusquiai, and Prosigmodon chihuahuensis at the base of all of the cricetids analyzed and close to C.

New species of postcopemys (Cricetidae: rodentia) from the early pliocene of Lago De Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico

(2011), using complete sequences of cyt-b, recovered a paraphyletic Corrientes group that included C.

Relaciones filogeneticas entre los tuco-tucos (Ctenomys, Rodentia) del grupo Corrientes y del complejo C. pearsoni

Several genera, including Aleurodicus, were resolved as paraphyletic. Aleurodicus rugioperculatus (RSW) is placed in the tree within the clade containing A.

DNA barcode development for three recent exotic whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) invaders in Florida

While morphologically-based trees recognize mantle mites as a distinct monophyletic grouping (Edwards & Vidrine 2006), molecular phylogenies suggest that these mites are part of a paraphyletic grade that includes gill mite taxa (Edwards et al.

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In both cases, Archaea appeared as a basal paraphyletic group of the ToLs and the common origin of Bacteria and Eukarya was maintained.

Archaea: the first domain of diversified life

Meier, "The Muscoidea (Diptera: Calyptratae) are paraphyletic: evidence from four mitochondrial and four nuclear genes," Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol.

Molecular identification of necrophagous Muscidae and Sarcophagidae fly species collected in Korea by mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I nucleotide sequences