| 释义 |
apomorphy, n. Taxon.
Brit. |ˈapə(ʊ)mɔːfi|, U.S. |ˈæpə(ʊ)ˌmɔrfi|
[‹ apo- prefix + -morphy comb. form, after apomorphic adj., apomorphous adj. Compare slightly earlier autapomorphy n.]
An apomorphous character.
1969Systematic Zool. 18 129/2 For the proof of a sister-group relation, apomorphies are to be proved not only at one point, but at three points of the scheme. 1999Nature 25 Mar. 329/2 Our phylogenetic analysis indicates that many apomorphies of the pectoral girdle and forelimb in J. jenkinsi are independently derived. 2004FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 233153 The modified plastid genome architecture is a novel apomorphy that indicates that the Helicosporidia are highly derived green algae. |