Synapomorphy

Word SYNAPOMORPHY
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Definitions and meanings of "Synapomorphy"

What do we mean by synapomorphy?

An evolved character or trait that is shared by two or more taxonomic groups and is considered to have originated in their common ancestor. Hair is synapomorphic for marsupials, primates, and all other taxa that are grouped together in the class Mammalia. noun

A derived trait that is shared by two or more taxa of shared ancestry noun

(cladistics) A derived trait that is shared by two or more taxa of shared ancestry

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The word "synapomorphy" in example sentences

Suppose you have a widespread species, of which one population evolves a synapomorphy that isolates is from the other populations. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Well, perhaps not, as some workers have expressed scepticism, stating for example that the identification of Old World peccaries as peccaries proper is ‘not based on synapomorphy’ (Wright 1998, p. 389), the implication therefore being that these taxa might be suids that are convergently peccary-like in a few features. ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Is metatarsal fusion a synapomorphy for the group? ❋ Darren Naish (2006)

Carcinization as an underlying synapomorphy for the decapod crustacean taxon Meiura. ❋ Unknown (2005)

On the tetrapod-side of the equation, we have forms such as Kenichthys that demonstrate the transformation of the earliest tetrapod synapomorphy: the internal nostril. ❋ Unknown (2005)

The hypothesis that Latimeria is the sister group of amphibians is the least corroborated, as only a single possible synapomorphy, presence of cervical and lumbar enlargements of the spinal cord, supports this hypothesis. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Note his t-shirt and red, piercing eyes synapomorphy of Austrian people. ❋ Unknown (2010)

C, chordate synapomorphy; V, vertebrate synapomorphy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

A single segmented waist may be a synapomorphy for Formicidae, but within the family it is symplesiomorphic among the subfamilies sharing it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

There are multiple ways to code morphological synapomorphy (Patterson, 1988). ❋ Unknown (2009)

In addition to testicondy and an increased number of thoracolumbar vertebrae, it is looking like we have another morphological synapomorphy for Afrotheria then (Asher & Lehmann 2008). ❋ Unknown (2008)

It’s an autapomorphy if you consider the population as a single branch, but a synapomorphy uniting the many individuals in the population. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Support for this clade consists of a single synapomorphy: ratio of proximal width of metacarpal I to length greater than 1.0 (Character ❋ Joseph J. W. Sertich Et Al. (2010)

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