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It would be ideal if we typically had characters in which we could reliably identify derived apomorphic states, and where parallelism and reversal never occurred.

Teaching Tree-Thinking to Undergraduate Biology Students - The Panda's Thumb 2010

Interbreeding is plesiomorphic; not interbreeding is apomorphic.

(UPDATED) Another half-brained science headline - The Panda's Thumb 2009

Something can remain unchanged, in which case it remains underived (plesiomorphic), or it can change, in which case it is derived (apomorphic).

The words of the world - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Which is why Hennig used “plesiomorphic” and “apomorphic.”

The Mosasaur and the missing link - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Our inability to examine the neural characters of a relevant outgroup rhipidistians may result in many sarcopterygian plesiomorphic characters being interpreted as apomorphic characters, due to the wide distribution of paedomorphic characters among living sarcopterygians and their possible resemblance to plesiomorphic characters present in living outgroups that can be examined.

Panderichthys rhombolepis - The Panda's Thumb 2005

Very cool - perhaps Wilson sought to cover up this behavior to fabricate an apomorphic behavior?

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Alex Wild none@example.com 2010

Very cool - perhaps Wilson sought to cover up this behavior to fabricate an apomorphic behavior?

ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science Alex Wild none@example.com 2010

The karyotypic features of the majority of superfamilies and families as well as many lower taxa of parasitic Hymenoptera are listed, while the plesiomorphic and apomorphic character states of chromosome sets of parasitic wasps are revealed.

AvaxHome RSS: 2009

"It's definitely starting to look more apomorphic," Lynn said after adding eyes and a gray guru beard to the biscuit.

The Independent Home RSS 2009