A monophyly
Cladogram of the primates, showing a monophyly (the simians, in yellow), a paraphyly (the prosimians, in blue, including the red patch), and a polyphyly (the night-active primates, the lorises and the tarsiers, in red).
Term for the "one line of descent" origin of birds [or animals]. According to Mayr (1942), it means "descendants of a single interbreeding group of populations, in other words, descendants of a single species."[1][2].
References
- ^ Mayr, E. (1942). Systematics and the origin of species. New York: Columbia University Press.
- ^ Terres, John K. (1980). The Audubon Society Encyclopedia of North American Birds. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. ISBN 0394466519.
See also
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