Nonmonophyly

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being nonmonophyletic uncountable

    "As discussed previously [5 ], however, division of the genus Volvox into four monophyletic genera (Fig 2 ) would not resolve problems for nonmonophyly of the genera Eudorina and Pleodorina [5, 24 ]."

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"As discussed previously [5 ], however, division of the genus Volvox into four monophyletic genera (Fig 2 ) would not resolve problems for nonmonophyly of the genera Eudorina and Pleodorina [5, 24 ]."

Etymology

From non- + monophyly.

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