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Monophyletic

A taxon is said to be monophyletic if a single ancestor gave rise to all species in that taxon and to no species placed in any other taxon.
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Campbell, Neil A.  1996.  Biology.  Fourth Edition.  Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc.  ISBN 0-8053-1957-3

 

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