HOMOPHYLY

Etymology

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.

Source: Wiktionary


Ho*moph"y*ly, n. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.)

Definition: That form of homology due to common ancestry (phylogenetic homology), in opposition to homomorphy, to which genealogic basis is wanting. Haeckel.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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