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hypothesis
Biology; Genetics

A concept or idea that can be falsified by various scientific methods.

ingroup
Biology; Genetics

In a cladistic analysis, the set of taxa which are hypothesized to be more closely related to each other than any are to the outgroup.

lineage
Biology; Genetics

Any continuous line of descent; any series of organisms connected by reproduction by parent of offspring.

adaptation
Biology; Genetics

Change in a organism resulting from natural selection; a structure which is the result of such selection.

anagensis
Biology; Genetics

Evolutionary change along an unbranching lineage; change without speciation.

ancestor
Biology; Genetics

Any organism, population, or species from which some other organism, population, or species is descended by reproduction.

basal group
Biology; Genetics

The earliest diverging group within a clade; for instance, to hypothesize that sponges are basal animals is to suggest that the lineage(s) leading to sponges diverged from the lineage that gave rise ...

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