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Definitions for "Plesiomorphy"
Keywords:  ancestral, primitive, ziphodont, apomorphy, taxa
Related Terms: Apomorphy, Symplesiomorphy, Synapomorphy, Autapomorphy, Clade, Monophyletic, Paraphyletic, Lineage, Polyphyletic, Ingroup, Monophyletic group, Outgroup, Cladistics, Common ancestor, Ancestry, Phylogeny, Ancestral, Phenetics, Bloodline, Phylogenetic, Cladogenesis, Anagenesis, Mrca, Taxon, Cladogram, Consanguinity, Genealogy, Descent group, Phenogram, Phylogenetic tree, Taxa, Blood, Clan, Ancestors, Genera, Parsimony, Line breeding, Homoplasy, Genus, Operational taxonomic unit, Kindred, Stasis, Order, Breed, Throwback, Pedigree, Breed, Purebred, Ancestor
An ancestral character state.
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Character in an ancestor that is also observable in a descendant. Considered as a primitive trait, such as ziphodont teeth.
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A shared ancestral character state.
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