Derived characteristics are traits in recent species that evolved from ancestral traits, shared by a clade but not by its ancestors.
Características derivadas são traços em espécies recentes que evoluíram de um traço ancestral, compartilhados por um clado mas não pelos seus ancestrais.
| Text | Derived characteristics are traits in a recent species that evolved from an ancestral trait. They are shared by a clade, but not by the ancestors of the clade members. |
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