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Webster 1913 Edition
Homophyly
Ho-moph′y-ly
,Noun.
[
Homo-
+ Gr. [GREEK] a clan.] (Biol.)
That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting.
Haeckel.
Definition 2024
homophyly
homophyly
English
Noun
homophyly (usually uncountable, plural homophylies)
- (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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