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plesiomorphic

A Dictionary of Zoology | 1999 | | Copyright

plesiomorphic Applied to a character state that is based on features shared by different groups of biological organisms and inherited from a common ancestor. The term is taken from the Greek plesios, ‘near’, and morphe, ‘form’, and means ‘old-featured’. The features to which it is applied were formerly called ‘primitive’. It is the opposite of apomorphic.

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plesiomorphic

A Dictionary of Earth Sciences | 1999 | | Copyright

plesiomorphic Applied to features that are shared by different groups of biological organisms and are inherited from a common ancestor. The term means ‘old-featured’ and the features to which it is applied were formerly called ‘primitive’.

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AILSA ALLABY and MICHAEL ALLABY. "plesiomorphic." A Dictionary of Earth Sciences. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O13-plesiomorphic.html

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plesiomorphic

A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | 1998 | | Copyright

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plesiomorphic

A Dictionary of Ecology | 2004 | | Copyright

plesiomorphic See plesiomorph.

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "plesiomorphic." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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