TERME: Description du glossaire des termes.


lineage

Contexte: Phylogénie.

A loosely used term inferring a group of species, sometimes populations, that share a common ancestry. Sometimes interchangeable with tribe.

Référence

Barlow, George W. 2002. "The Cichlid Fishes (Nature's Grand Experiment in Evolution)". Perseus Publishing. 352. ISBN: 9780738203768 (crc03927) (résumé)

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