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Apomorphy and synapomorphy
Minggu, 2026-01-25 09:34:03and sharks share some features, like a nervous system, that are not synapomorphic because they are also shared by invertebrates. In contrast, the presence...
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Minggu, 2025-12-14 12:03:16between species because they share an ancestral species. Apomorphic and synapomorphic characteristics convey information about evolutionary clades and can...
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Rabu, 2026-01-14 01:23:07technical, terms for these two conditions—for example, "plesiomorphic" and "synapomorphic"—are frequently encountered; see the table below. At least three other...
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Minggu, 2025-06-15 18:16:42a synapomorphic (shared derived) feature of Simplicidentata. The loss of the second upper premolar (P2) has also been considered as synapomorphic for...
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Rabu, 2026-06-03 23:16:39stages: egg, larva, pupa, and imago (or adult). Holometabolism is a synapomorphic trait of all insects in the clade Holometabola. Immature stages of holometabolous...
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Jumat, 2026-05-22 17:22:03by Charles Lewis Camp in 1923 due to difficulties finding adequate synapomorphic morphological characteristics. Most iguanians are arboreal but there...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 11:23:45meaning thumb. Originally described in 1986 by Sereno, a most likely synapomorphic feature of a conical thumb spine defines the clade. First appearing...
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Rabu, 2025-12-17 14:28:47and professor Per E. Ahlberg has identified the following traits as synapomorphic for Elpistostegalia (and thus Tetrapoda): The endocranium is hinged...
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Rabu, 2026-05-06 11:41:37a primitive lung. Amiidae is a monophyletic group that has numerous synapomorphic characters. Amiidae were widespread and particularly rich in species...
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Senin, 2026-04-27 10:44:19having lateral keels. Characters of the skull and jaws distinctive (synapomorphic) of thyreophorans include "absence of a deep elliptic fossa along the...
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Senin, 2026-05-11 14:04:28groups. DNA analyses suggest that although this trait is shared and is synapomorphic with birds, platypuses are still mammals and that the common ancestor...
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Selasa, 2024-11-19 11:54:55Squalodon and Eosqualodon are based on partial or complete skulls. The synapomorphic traits of the family are, however, based mostly on one of the bones...
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Jumat, 2023-07-21 03:04:11of stem group actinopteryigian Cheirolepis. While often considered a synapomorphic character of ray-finned fishes, ganoine or ganoine-like tissues are...
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Senin, 2026-06-01 00:00:17and relatives within their clade, but this is no longer considered a synapomorphic character. Like other arthropods, ants have an exoskeleton, an external...
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Jumat, 2025-12-19 09:44:04ancestry within the clade for which it is specific. It thus functions as a synapomorphic characteristic, so that the distributions of different CSIs provide...
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Jumat, 2024-05-17 05:52:36organelle called the taeniocyst, a complex that has been described as synapomorphic for the genus Polykrikos. The full range of functional roles of the...
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Selasa, 2026-05-19 01:04:49"living fossil", being the sister group to all other eels. They are synapomorphic with all other eel species, which were confirmed to be monophyletic...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 19:23:16insects are more closely related to the Hybaleoidea or Copromorphoidea. A synapomorphic character for all Pterophoridae is the presence of two rows of club-shaped...
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Selasa, 2026-04-28 01:09:21with white or cream eyestalks and two sets of antennae, and ten legs, synapomorphic to its order, Decapoda. The species is popular among aquarium enthusiasts...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 07:08:51and the asterids. Likewise, leaves without stipules may be another synapomorphic character, although Berberidopsidaceae have stipules and Aextoxicaceae...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 19:17:31escribellates. The lack of a functional cribellum in araneoids is most likely synapomorphic. If the orb-weaver spiders are a monophyletic group, the fact that only...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 23:49:10several conserved signature indels (CSIs). These CSIs represent unique, synapomorphic characteristics that suggest common ancestry within Verrucomicrobiota...
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Selasa, 2026-06-02 11:27:11(plesiomorphies) and which are derived (synapomorphies), because only synapomorphic character states provide evidence of grouping. This determination is...
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Selasa, 2025-10-21 17:32:37relationship. When shared traits with lemuriforms (which may or may not be synapomorphic) are emphasized, they are sometimes reduced to families within the infraorder...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:15:16containing otherwise seabirds, and also symplesiomorphic with sulids but synapomorphic with cormorants in some other respects. Thus, the Sulidae seem to be...
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Minggu, 2025-06-08 18:02:21carnivorous plant genus Aldrovanda. Cajsa Lisa Anderson et al. (2005) wrote: "synapomorphic characters that link the fossils seeds [of P. splendens] to extant Aldrovanda...
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Jumat, 2026-03-13 18:46:29plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure". Protist. 154 (1): 99–145...
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Senin, 2026-01-12 12:15:23from Lactifluus based on morphology alone is difficult; there are no synapomorphic characters known so far that define both genera unequivocally but tendencies...
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Sabtu, 2026-04-25 05:34:46of stem group actinopteryigian Cheirolepis. While often considered a synapomorphic character of ray-finned fishes, ganoine or ganoine-like tissues are...
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Minggu, 2026-05-17 21:06:56Crassulaceae is five, decreasing to four in Kalanchoe, where it is synapomorphic for the genus, though the most frequent transition in this family is...
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Selasa, 2026-06-02 08:29:12relationship. When shared traits with lemuriforms (which may or may not be synapomorphic) are emphasized, they are sometimes reduced to families within the infraorder...
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Rabu, 2026-06-03 00:09:01the inner and middle ear are enclosed by a dense tympanic bulla. The synapomorphic cetacean air sinus system is partially present in basilosaurids, including...
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Senin, 2025-09-29 07:59:28dinosauromorph. This ichnogenus, named Prorotodactylus shares multiple synapomorphic characters with Lagerpeton including approximately parallel digits II...
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Selasa, 2026-02-10 05:58:16one of the evidence for the claim that grouping behavior could be a synapomorphic trait for ceratopsians. In 2001, a bone believed to be a squamosal has...
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Sabtu, 2025-10-04 18:10:11cryptorhynchine weevils by the absence of a metanepisternum and by a synapomorphic structure of the tarsus with minute claws and a deeply incavated articulation...
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Senin, 2026-04-27 14:56:29interdenticular sulci of the denticles, the presence of which might possible be a synapomorphic characteristic of Abelisauridae, is absent and has a higher dental formulae...
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Selasa, 2026-05-26 21:35:57Pêgas et al., 2024 The clade characterized by a downturned rostrum synapomorphic with that of Tapejara May be synonymous with Tapejaridae if Caupedactylus...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 09:29:55plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure". Protist. 154 (1): 99–145...
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Jumat, 2024-11-22 07:13:04is most clearly defined by an apical sinuate ovipositor, which is a synapomorphic character and defines a monophyletic lineage. Diachasmimorpha aino Diachasmimorpha...
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Sabtu, 2025-06-07 10:04:12"the clade stemming from the first pan-avian with feathers homologous (synapomorphic) with those of Aves (Vultur gryphus Linnaeus 1758)." The authors went...
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Senin, 2026-05-25 13:21:16specific status. With abundant and easily observable species, the use of synapomorphic characters to assign observed individuals to a particular species, is...
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Selasa, 2026-05-19 04:11:49structures. The ocelloid light sensitive structure is recognized as a synapomorphic character of warnowiids. Other complex subcellular structures, such...
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Sabtu, 2025-10-11 01:36:14distinct but reproductively isolated among the P. bursaria strains sharing synapomorphic traits. This study also confirmed the presence of syngens (R1–R5) based...
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Kamis, 2026-04-16 01:45:17plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure". Protist. 154 (1): 99–145...
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Rabu, 2026-02-11 01:42:25sthenurines and macropodines shared a common ancestor. They share many synapomorphic character states. They each have well-developed lophs on molars and...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 08:38:59The left calcaneum (heel bone) of Batrachotomus, showing several of the calcaneal features Nesbitt (2011) considered to be synapomorphic for Suchia...
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Rabu, 2026-05-27 11:19:07Tapejariformes Pêgas, 2024 The clade characterized by a downturned rostrum synapomorphic with that of Tapejara May be synonymous with Tapejaridae if Caupedactylus...
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Senin, 2026-04-13 13:03:04Anoplotheriidae, Mixtotheriidae, and Cainotherioidea form a clade based on synapomorphic dental traits (traits thought to have originated from their most recent...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 07:19:50particular, ovaries with free-central placentation, a feature considered synapomorphic. His circumscription of Primulaceae included about 800 species. These...
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Senin, 2026-05-18 21:31:23singular marpissoids of tribe Dendryphantini which except in the tell-tale synapomorphic details look almost like baviines. Whether this is similarity is superficial...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 22:42:32family even with the presence of the a second dermopalatine tooth so the synapomorphic status of the feature has been questioned. Even with this being the...
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Senin, 2025-11-10 11:59:52below the first lower molar (m1). The conjoined crests are one of the synapomorphic (shared-derived) characters of the Nectomys subclade. The maxillary...
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Selasa, 2025-09-30 19:53:09other species of clade D. Clade D was supported by two shared derived (synapomorphic) molecular characters and by seven morphological synapomorphies—the...
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Jumat, 2026-05-22 20:24:07detecting prey, possibly other dinoflagellates. Ocelloids are considered a synapomorphic character for the warnowiids - that is, they are present in all warnowiids...
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Senin, 2026-02-09 04:40:36the anterior portion of the neural tube to form the precursors of the synapomorphic tripartite brain of vertebrates, and it will form a bulge called the...
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Rabu, 2024-03-13 08:17:24organized similarly to a multicellular organism's eye, considered a synapomorphic character for the Warnowiaceae; cells typically contain one ocelloid...
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Kamis, 2026-05-07 19:28:27the haemal arches. The forelimbs of Mierasaurus exhibit many shared (synapomorphic) turiasaurian traits. In the shoulder girdle of Mierasaurus, the articulation...
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Kamis, 2026-04-16 02:52:29Apomorphy-based clade containing all pterosaurs with the reflected palatal tip synapomorphic with Anhanguera provided that this clade does not contain Ornithocheirus...
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Minggu, 2025-07-20 05:26:04distinct features, some of which are shared by other taxa, but which are synapomorphic of this taxon. They include: a very rugose texture on the vertebral...
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Senin, 2026-03-30 14:50:30larval metamorphosis. The uniphasic and pelagic lifestyle would then be synapomorphic for thaliaceans. Using the molecular clock to indicate Megasiphon as...
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Senin, 2026-04-13 12:30:38Anoplotheriidae, Mixtotheriidae, and Cainotherioidea form a clade based on synapomorphic dental traits (traits thought to have originated from their most recent...
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Selasa, 2025-11-04 15:37:11McKee co-founded and convened the Thomas Henry Huxley Society for Synapomorphic Symposia (1993–1995) and served as a Scientific Consultant for the Taung...
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Rabu, 2026-05-20 02:12:55of presumably high alpine taxa, this may also be the case. Besides synapomorphic nucleotide substitutions, these taxa share a similar shell shape, and...
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Sabtu, 2025-04-19 19:22:23and a tympanic crest, auditory specializations that are considered synapomorphic of notoungulates, which suggests that these features evolved within...
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Minggu, 2026-05-24 12:21:36Anoplotheriidae, Mixtotheriidae, and Cainotherioidea form a clade based on synapomorphic dental traits (traits thought to have originated from their most recent...
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Minggu, 2025-05-25 16:55:59circumscribed these six genera into a strongly supported monophyletic clade. Synapomorphic traits that unite the members of this clade include non-papilionate...
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Sabtu, 2025-05-24 02:32:20plastid-containing euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure". Protist. 154 (1): 99–145...
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Selasa, 2026-03-10 09:14:58plastid-containing Euglenophytes based on SSU rDNA sequence comparisons and synapomorphic signatures in the SSU rRNA secondary structure. Protist 154, 99-145...
Click to read more »Anoplotherium
Senin, 2026-06-01 09:00:14Anoplotheriidae, Mixtotheriidae, and Cainotherioidea form a clade based on synapomorphic dental traits (traits thought to have originated from their most recent...
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Selasa, 2026-05-19 00:50:16are autapomorphies, while others are plesiomorphic characteristics or synapomorphic traits shared with other ornithomimids. The holotype of Qiupalong, given...
Click to read more »Russula firmula
Jumat, 2026-06-05 12:21:29insights in Russula subsect. Rubrinae: phylogeny and the quest for synapomorphic characters". Mycological Progress. 16 (9): 877–892. doi:10.1007/s11557-017-1322-0...
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Jumat, 2024-10-25 02:17:45types of heliozoa. The name points to a character that is deemed to be synapomorphic for the group: that is the microtubular arrays that extend from the...
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Kamis, 2026-05-21 09:20:00demonstrates plesiomorphic erectus-like traits that are coupled with synapomorphic traits common to Chibanian hominins. It was recently suggested that...
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Jumat, 2025-04-18 15:54:34the fruit bodies and the milk-like latex exuded when bruised. So far, synapomorphic characters for the genus have not been discovered, there are only tendencies...
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Selasa, 2025-08-26 06:37:48although in the genera Niphopyralis and Siga the proboscis is lost. Synapomorphic characters of the subfamily comprise minute or obsolete maxillary palpi...
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Selasa, 2025-09-30 21:29:03Anoplotheriidae, Mixtotheriidae, and Cainotherioidea form a clade based on synapomorphic dental traits (traits thought to have originated from their most recent...
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Jumat, 2026-06-05 05:42:48Anoplotheriidae, Mixtotheriidae, and Cainotherioidea form a clade based on synapomorphic dental traits (traits thought to have originated from their most recent...
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Jumat, 2026-03-20 21:40:11the different taxonomic ranks. These CSIs are specific and represent synapomorphic characteristics that can be used to distinguish groups within the Coriobacteriia...
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Kamis, 2026-05-14 23:38:23classification as a mesoeucrocodylian. There are however several non-synapomorphic traits linking the taxon to Neosuchians, such as the rectangular skull...
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Jumat, 2026-05-29 07:39:52Anoplotheriidae, Mixtotheriidae, and Cainotherioidea form a clade based on synapomorphic dental traits (traits thought to have originated from their most recent...
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Selasa, 2025-10-07 03:36:23Pottiaceae. Syntrichia species differ from members of Tortula due to synapomorphic leaf qualities, such as different basal and distal cells, as well as...
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Sabtu, 2026-04-11 16:04:17Anoplotheriidae, Mixtotheriidae, and Cainotherioidea form a clade based on synapomorphic dental traits (traits thought to have originated from their most recent...
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Sabtu, 2026-01-24 03:28:27Anoplotheriidae, Mixtotheriidae, and Cainotherioidea form a clade based on synapomorphic dental traits (traits thought to have originated from their most recent...
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Kamis, 2026-02-26 23:53:47the mandibles) was different and not reduced, as a reduced malar is synapomorphic (key diagnostic traits) in Myrmeciinae. Baroni Urbani further notes...
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Sabtu, 2026-06-06 05:02:37The conserved signature protein may be a marker that represents a synapomorphic quality and a means to distinguish this bacterial group. In 2014, studies...
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Sabtu, 2025-10-04 05:01:03regalis, and R. diadema. This group is recognised due to the clearly synapomorphic superciliary spines (spines above the eyes) shared by all of its members...
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Sabtu, 2026-04-11 16:03:53Anoplotheriidae, Mixtotheriidae, and Cainotherioidea form a clade based on synapomorphic dental traits (traits thought to have originated from their most recent...
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Kamis, 2026-06-04 07:40:55reconsidering phylogenesis came from anatomical adaptation primarily the synapomorphic evolution of skeleton and musculature structures that provide support...
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Sabtu, 2026-03-07 19:23:33sequences and a review of ecological and morphological characteristics. No synapomorphic features have been identified that unambiguously distinguish Lactifluus...
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Sabtu, 2025-07-12 21:49:41share morphological features including the umbellate inflorescence synapomorphic, and the clade provides strong support to its sister group with Trigonella...
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Sabtu, 2026-05-30 11:24:49Huber's lead, developed a system incorporating new information, including synapomorphic characters (i.e., shared characters believed to have evolved from a...
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Selasa, 2026-05-19 04:04:33grey (with Sedifolia-grey). The absence of anthraquinones is not a synapomorphic character, but appears independently in unrelated lineages of Teloschistaceae;...
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Rabu, 2025-12-10 01:53:47Anoplotheriidae, Mixtotheriidae, and Cainotherioidea form a clade based on synapomorphic dental traits (newly evolved tooth features they have in common). Ephelcomenus...
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