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phylogenetically

Adverb

Meaning

with regard to phylogeny

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a phylogenetically primitive part of the brain Source: Internet

Phylogenetic tree based on Woese et al. rRNA analysis Acceptance of the validity of Woese's phylogenetically valid classification was a slow process. Source: Internet

The term neostriatum was forged by comparative anatomists comparing the subcortical structures between vertebrates, because it was thought to be a phylogenetically newer section of the corpus striatum. Source: Internet

A study published in 2015 was able to confirm this, but also revealed that the hippopotamuses, not as it was suspected, were phylogenetically much more developed, but can be derived from more original members of Anthracotherien. Source: Internet

Difference from cladistics Phenetic analyses do not distinguish between plesiomorphies - traits that are inherited from an ancestor (and therefore phylogenetically uninformative) - and apomorphies - traits that evolved anew in one or several lineages. Source: Internet

Moreover, the genus Stenodus is not phylogenetically distinct from Coregonus. Source: Internet

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