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outgroup
out·group or out-group O5177300 (out′gro͞op′)n.1. A group of people excluded from or not belonging to one's own group, especially when viewed as subordinate or contemptibly different.2. A group of organisms not part of the group under consideration, used for comparison when analyzing phylogenetic relationships.
outgroup
outgroup[′au̇t‚grüp] (systematics) A monophyletic taxon that is used in a phylogenetic study to resolve which of two homologous character states are apomorphous. outgroup
outgroup or out-group (out′gro͞op′)n. A group of organisms not part of the group under consideration, used for comparison when analyzing phylogenetic relationships. |