phylospecies

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The smallest unit appropriate for phylogenetic analysis (the unit product of natural selection and descent).
  2. A geographically constrained group with one or more unique apomorphies.

Word forms

phylospecies

Etymology

From phylo- + species.

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