monophyly

As nouns the difference between monophyla and monophyly

is that monophyla is plural of monophylum while monophyly is in cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.

As nouns the difference between species and monophyly

is that species is a type or kind of thing while monophyly is in cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.

As an adjective ancestral

is of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.

As a noun monophyly is

in cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.

As nouns the difference between descendant and monophyly

is that descendant is one who is the progeny of a specified person, at any distance of time or through any number of generations while monophyly is in cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.

As an adjective descendant

is descending from a biological ancestor.

Monophyly is a related term of monophyletic.

As an adjective monophyletic

is of, pertaining to, or affecting a single phylum (or other taxon) of organisms.

As a noun monophyly is

in cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.

As an adjective cladistic

is of, relating to, or generated using cladistics.

As a noun monophyly is

in cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.