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POLYPHILY [1 record]

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Record 1 1985-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

Originating from more than a single ancestor. A polyphiletic taxon includes the species ancestral to all the other members.

CONT

During the last forty years polyphyletism has become recognized as an important feature of the history of vertebrates ... Woodward pursued these ideas further in suggesting a polyphyletic origin of the teleosts ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

Il y aurait donc eu, du point de vue de l'Anatomie comparée, un polyphylétisme initial des Sauropsidés.

CONT

Polyphylétisme (..) Dans la situation idéalisée, (...), d'une espèce unique (...) rayonnait une diversification conduisant aux genres puis, de proche en proche, aux familles, ordres, classes etc.

Spanish

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