Usually means: Origin from multiple ancestral sources.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (polyphyletism)

▸ noun:  The property of being polyphyletic.

Similar:
polyphylety, polyphyleticism, polyphyly, monophylety, monophyletism, paraphyletism, monophylesis, monophyleticism, pleiophyly, monophyleticity, more...

Opposite:
monophyly, cladogenesis, monophyletic

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Similar:
polyphylety, polyphyleticism, polyphyly, monophylety, monophyletism, paraphyletism, monophylesis, monophyleticism, pleiophyly, monophyleticity, more...

Opposite:
monophyly, cladogenesis, monophyletic



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