paraphyletic


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paraphyletic

[‚par·ə·fī′led·ik]
(systematics)
Describing a taxonomic group that does not contain all of the descendants of its most recent common ancestor.
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We hypothesize that orthopoxvirus Abatino might be part of a novel, paraphyletic ECTV-like clade.
Fatal Outbreak in Tonkean Macaques Caused by Possibly Novel Orthopoxvirus, Italy, January 2015
In this opsin phylogeny InvC sequences form a monophyletic clade, but it is poorly supported; and in some cases this group is recovered as a number of basally branching paraphyletic clades separated by taxa: panarthropods, echinoderms, and annelids (Bok et al.
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Previous studies of Dactylotini including Hesperotettix viridis Thomas, 1872 discovered that this tribe is paraphyletic (Chapco 2006, Chintauan-Marquier et al.
Phylogenetic relationship of Japanese Podismini species (Orthoptera: Acrididae: Melanoplinae) inferred from a partial sequence of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene
Phylogeny of the hard ticks (Ixodidae) inferred from 18S rRNA indicates that the genus Aponomma is paraphyletic.
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The Prosigmodon species appear as a paraphyletic group with Prosigmodon holocuspis in the base of a Sigmodon clade, and Prosigmodon oroscoi, Prosigmodon ferrusquiai, and Prosigmodon chihuahuensis at the base of all of the cricetids analyzed and close to C.
New species of postcopemys (Cricetidae: rodentia) from the early pliocene of Lago De Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico
Several genera, including Aleurodicus, were resolved as paraphyletic.
DNA barcode development for three recent exotic whitefly (Hemiptera: Aleyrodidae) invaders in Florida
The Zhelestidae family has been treated as paraphyletic, but recent phylogenetic work supports its monophyly (Archibald and Averianov, 2012).
Late Cretaceous continental and marine vertebrate assemblages of the Lano Quarry (Basque-Cantabrian Region, Iberian Peninsula): an update
Recent papers describing species of Hyphessobrycon frequently indicate that the genus is paraphyletic (Ingenito et al 2013, Carvalho & Langeani 2013, Teixeira et al 2013), without deep exploration of the relationships of its subunits or their relationships.
Hyphessobrycon natagaima (Characiformes: Characidae) una nueva especie para Colombia, con clave para las especies de Hyphessobrycon de la Cuenca del Magdalena
While morphologically-based trees recognize mantle mites as a distinct monophyletic grouping (Edwards & Vidrine 2006), molecular phylogenies suggest that these mites are part of a paraphyletic grade that includes gill mite taxa (Edwards et al.
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Of the three crambine genera examined, Diatraea was monophyletic and Chilo paraphyletic.
Population genetics of the sugarcane borer diatraea saccharalis (Fabr.) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)/Genetica de populacoes da broca da cana-de-acucar diatraea saccharalis (Fabr.) (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Nilsson AN: 2000: A new view on the generic classification of the Agabus-group of genera of the Agabini, aimed at solving the problem with a paraphyletic Agabus (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae).
A description of the third instar of Platambus flavovittavs (Larson And Wolfe. 1998) with comments on the larval morphology of Platambus stagninvs (say, 1823) and a key to the Agabini (Coleoptera: Dytiscidae) of Georgia
2009), however, suggest that mesoscorpions may be paraphyletic with regard to the crown group.
The earliest record of terrestrial animals in Gondwana: a scorpion from the Famennian (Late Devonian) Witpoort Formation of South Africa

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