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Monophyly

Monophyly is a taxonomic property of a group of organisms that constitutes a clade, comprising an ancestor and all of its descendants, distinguishing it from paraphyletic and polyphyletic groupings by reflecting complete shared evolutionary descent.

606

Publications

41.8K

Citations

1.9K

Authors

838

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

79

Variants

Monophyletic GroupMonophyletic Taxon

Parents

Publications

606

Species-Level Paraphyly and Polyphyly: Frequency, Causes, and Consequences, with Insights from Animal Mitochondrial DNA

Daniel J. Funk, Kevin E. Omland · Annual Review of Ecology Evolution and Systematics · 2003 · 2.3K citations

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Delimiting Species without Monophyletic Gene Trees

L. Lacey Knowles, Bryan C. Carstens · Systematic Biology · 2007 · 800 citations

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Multiple Multilocus DNA Barcodes from the Plastid Genome Discriminate Plant Species Equally Well

Aron J. Fazekas, Kevin S. Burgess, Prasad Kesanakurti et al. · PLoS ONE · 2008 · 704 citations · Full text

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MATHEMATICAL CONSEQUENCES OF THE GENEALOGICAL SPECIES CONCEPT

Richard R. Hudson, Jerry A. Coyne · Evolution · 2002 · 577 citations

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Does the DNA barcoding gap exist? – a case study in blue butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Martin Wiemers, Konrad Fiedler · Frontiers in Zoology · 2007 · 530 citations · Full text

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Authors

1.9K

  1. GB
    Giacomo Bernardi

    University of California, Santa Cruz, United States

    6 publications · 362 citations

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  2. ME
    Mark E. Siddall

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    5 publications · 481 citations

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  3. NI
    Norman I. Platnick

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    5 publications · 255 citations

    5

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  4. LA
    Leslie A. Chisholm

    The University of Queensland, Australia

    5 publications · 298 citations

    5

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  5. OR
    Olivier Rieppel

    Field Museum of Natural History, United States

    4 publications · 145 citations

    4

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Institutions

838

  1. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    29 h-index

    65 publications

    4.8K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    17 h-index

    42 publications

    1.5K citations

  3. Smithsonian Institution

    Washington, United States

    15 h-index

    31 publications

    2.5K citations

  4. National Museum of Natural History

    Washington, United States

    14 h-index

    30 publications

    1.9K citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    13 h-index

    31 publications

    2K citations

  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    12 h-index

    28 publications

    3.3K citations

  7. Field Museum of Natural History

    Chicago, United States

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    2.5K citations

  8. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    11 h-index

    18 publications

    1.3K citations

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Venues

  1. Systematic Biology

    37 publications · 4.4K citations

    32

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  2. Molecular Ecology

    28 publications · 2K citations

    26

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  3. Evolution

    26 publications · 2.9K citations

    22

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  4. Taxon

    27 publications · 1.2K citations

    20

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  5. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

    19 publications · 1.3K citations

    18

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