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Polyphyly

Known as: Polyphyletic, Polyphylletic 
A polyphyletic (Greek for "of many races") group is characterized by one or more homoplasies: phenotypes which have converged or reverted so as to… 
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Review
2014
Review
2014
Marine cyanobacteria in tropical regions : diversity and ecology
The existence of Precambrian fossil stromatolites con­ taining evidence of oxygenic photosynthesis and fossil endoliths similar… 
Review
2010
Review
2010
Analytic taxonomy and notes on marine, brackish-water and estuarine Gastrotricha
Marine Gastrotricha, both Macrodasyida and Chaetonotida, are the subject of an analytic review, citing taxonomic status of names… 
2004
2004
Loss of larval parasitism in parasitengonine mites
Larval Parasitengona are typically parasites, yet at least 29 species of water mites and one species of Trombidiidae forgo larval… 
2002
2002
Phylogenetic hypotheses: Cladoniaceae, Stereocaulaceae, Baeomycetaceae, and Icmadophilaceae revisited
Parsimony analyses of SSU rDNA sequences were conducted to examine phylogenetic relationships of selected genera within the… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Phylogeny and classification ofFumariaceae, with emphasis onDicentra s. l., based on the plastid generps16 intron
The phylogeny ofFumariaceae, as inferred fromrps16 intron sequences, is compared with morphological data, and nrDNA-ITS. The… 
1995
1995
Ontogenetic development of the thecal structures in caryophylliine scleractinian corals
Stolarski, J. 1995. Ontogenetic development of the thecal structures in caryophylliine scleractinian corals. Acta Palaeontologica… 
1993
1993
Morphological phylogenetics of theAsteraceae-Asteroideae, with notes on character evolution
The relationships within theAsteraceae-Asteroideae are scrutinized by means of cladistic analyses of morphological and chemical… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Phylogenetic relationships among the subfamily Coregoninae as revealed by mitochondrial DNA restriction analysis
Mitochondria1 DNA (mtDNA) restriction analysis was used to assess phylogenetic patterns among 2 1 taxa of the subfamily… 
1983
1983
THE POLYPHYLETIC ORIGIN AND THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE MESOZOIC SATURNALIDS (RADIOLARIA)
Summary The Mesozoic saturnalids are a polyphyletic group and belong partly to the Spumellaria EHRENBERG, 1875, partly to the… 
1981
1981
An alternative phylogeny of peracarid crustaceans
In order to properly understand the origins of the Order Amphipoda, their phylogenetic position within the Superorder Peracarida… 
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