Apomorphy is an English word. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Apomorphy in a sentence
Apomorphy meaning
A derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants.
Using Apomorphy
- The main meaning on this page is: A derived characteristic of a clade. Any feature novel to a species and its descendants.
Context around Apomorphy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Apomorphy
- In this selection, "apomorphy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, based stand out and add context to how "apomorphy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as an apomorphy based clade and carinatae an apomorphy based clade. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "apomorphy" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with apomorphy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Avialae is also occasionally defined as an apomorphy-based clade (that is, one based on physical characteristics). (17 words)
The terms plesiomorphy and apomorphy are relative; their application depends on the position of a group within a tree. (19 words)
An alternate definition was provided in 2001, naming Carinatae an apomorphy -based clade defined by the presence of a keeled sternum. (21 words)
The tetrapods can be singled out as consisting of the first vertebrate with such digits homologous to those of Homo sapiens together with all descendants of this vertebrate (an apomorphy-based phylogenetic definition ). (33 words)
An alternate definition was provided in 2001, naming Carinatae an apomorphy -based clade defined by the presence of a keeled sternum. (21 words)
The terms plesiomorphy and apomorphy are relative; their application depends on the position of a group within a tree. (19 words)
Example sentences (4)
An alternate definition was provided in 2001, naming Carinatae an apomorphy -based clade defined by the presence of a keeled sternum.
Avialae is also occasionally defined as an apomorphy-based clade (that is, one based on physical characteristics).
The terms plesiomorphy and apomorphy are relative; their application depends on the position of a group within a tree.
The tetrapods can be singled out as consisting of the first vertebrate with such digits homologous to those of Homo sapiens together with all descendants of this vertebrate (an apomorphy-based phylogenetic definition ).