noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The smallest unit appropriate for phylogenetic analysis (the unit product of natural selection and descent).
2. 2
   A geographically constrained group with one or more unique apomorphies.

Etymology

From phylo- + species.

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