- In phylogenetics, an
apomorphy (or
derived trait) is a
novel character or
character state that has
evolved from its
ancestral form (or plesiomorphy)....
- trackways.
Defining tetrapods based on one or two
apomorphies can
present a
problem if
these apomorphies were
acquired by more than one
lineage through convergent...
- species,
family or in
general any clade). It can
therefore be
considered an
apomorphy in
relation to a
single taxon. The word autapomorphy,
introduced in 1950...
-
distinguish the
clade from
other clades. Plesiomorphy, symplesiomorphy,
apomorphy, and synapomorphy, all mean a
trait shared between species because they...
-
defining clades are
featured in
phylogenetic nomenclature: node-, stem-, and
apomorphy-based (see
Phylogenetic nomenclature§Phylogenetic
definitions of clade...
- the
group based on the
characteristics of the hand and
wrist alone (an
apomorphy-based definition), and
included the long, thin fingers, bowed, wing-like...
- some
other descendant of that
first rodent,
perhaps the red squirrel. An
apomorphy-based
definition could read: "the
first ancestor of A to
possess trait...
-
which have been p****ed down from
innovations in a
shared ancestor (
apomorphies). Only
derived characters, such as the spine-producing
areoles of cacti...
- ("lower") and
vascular ("higher") plants). The
terms "plesiomorphy" and "
apomorphy" are
typically used in the
technical literature: for example, when a plesiomorphic...
- eudicots,
rather than non-monocot
flowering plants in general.
Monocot apomorphies (characteristics
derived during radiation rather than
inherited from...
