How do you use Plesiomorphies in a sentence? See 3 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Plesiomorphies in a sentence
Plesiomorphies meaning
plural of plesiomorphy
Using Plesiomorphies
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of plesiomorphy
- In the example corpus, plesiomorphies often appears in combinations such as: between plesiomorphies.
Context around Plesiomorphies
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Plesiomorphies
- In this selection, "plesiomorphies" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, traits and shared stand out and add context to how "plesiomorphies" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include distinction between plesiomorphies shared ancestral and distinguish between plesiomorphies traits that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "plesiomorphies" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with plesiomorphies
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The aptly named Anser atavus (meaning "progenitor goose") from some 12 million years ago had even more plesiomorphies in common with swans. (22 words)
Phenetics was an attempt to determine the relationships of organisms through a measure of overall similarity, making no distinction between plesiomorphies (shared ancestral traits) and apomorphies (derived traits). (28 words)
Difference from cladistics Phenetic analyses do not distinguish between plesiomorphies - traits that are inherited from an ancestor (and therefore phylogenetically uninformative) - and apomorphies - traits that evolved anew in one or several lineages. (32 words)
Difference from cladistics Phenetic analyses do not distinguish between plesiomorphies - traits that are inherited from an ancestor (and therefore phylogenetically uninformative) - and apomorphies - traits that evolved anew in one or several lineages. (32 words)
Phenetics was an attempt to determine the relationships of organisms through a measure of overall similarity, making no distinction between plesiomorphies (shared ancestral traits) and apomorphies (derived traits). (28 words)
The aptly named Anser atavus (meaning "progenitor goose") from some 12 million years ago had even more plesiomorphies in common with swans. (22 words)
Example sentences (3)
Difference from cladistics Phenetic analyses do not distinguish between plesiomorphies - traits that are inherited from an ancestor (and therefore phylogenetically uninformative) - and apomorphies - traits that evolved anew in one or several lineages.
Phenetics was an attempt to determine the relationships of organisms through a measure of overall similarity, making no distinction between plesiomorphies (shared ancestral traits) and apomorphies (derived traits).
The aptly named Anser atavus (meaning "progenitor goose") from some 12 million years ago had even more plesiomorphies in common with swans.
Common combinations with plesiomorphies
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: