homophyly

English

Etymology

homo- + Ancient Greek φυλή (phulḗ, “clan”) +‎ -y.

Noun

homophyly (usually uncountable, plural homophylies)

  1. (biology, archaic) That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for homophyly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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