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Paraphyly is a
taxonomic term
describing a
grouping that
consists of the grouping's last
common ancestor and some but not all of its
descendant lineages...
- that
common ancestor,
without exception Monophyly is
contrasted with
paraphyly and
polyphyly as
shown in the
second diagram. A
paraphyletic grouping...
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called a
polyphyly /ˈpɒlɪˌfaɪli/. It is
contrasted with
monophyly and
paraphyly. For example, the
biological characteristic of warm-bloodedness evolved...
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fungal phyla,
consisting of four
major clades with
suggestive evidence for
paraphyly or
possibly polyphyly. The
Blastocladiomycota were
previously considered...
- PMID 21041649.
Although I was
among the
early supporters of
vertebrate paraphyly, I am
impressed by the
evidence provided by
Heimberg et al. and prepared...
- Alivon, E.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Vacelet, J.; Le-Parco, Y. (2001). "Sponge
paraphyly and the
origin of Metazoa".
Journal of
Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 171–179...
- Vacelet, J.; Le Parco, Y. (2001-01-08). "Sponge
paraphyly and the
origin of Metazoa:
Sponge paraphyly".
Journal of
Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 171–179...
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analysis of
mitochondrial protein coding genes confirms the
reciprocal paraphyly of
Hexapoda and Crustacea". BMC
Evolutionary Biology. 7 (Suppl 2): S8...
- "Phylogenetic-Signal
Dissection of
Nuclear Housekeeping Genes Supports the
Paraphyly of
Sponges and the
Monophyly of Eumetazoa".
Oxford Academic. 26 (10):...
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meaning that
Taurotragus must be
subsumed into
Tragelaphus to
avoid paraphyly. Alternatively,
Taurotragus could be
maintained as a
separate genus, if...
