Derived trait, in phylogenetics, a trait present in an organism, but absent in the last common ancestor of its group
Phenotypic trait | trait | Quantitative trait locus | Trait theory | Trait (biology) | The final form of Braille's alphabet, according to Henri (1952). The decade diacritics are listed at left, and the supplementary letters are assigned to the appropriate decade at right. Characters are derived by combining the diacritic on the left with the basic letters at top. "(1)" indicates markers for musical and mathematical notation. Parentheses and quotation marks follow English Braille | Sickle cell trait | Intelligence (trait) | Derived trait | Brain-derived neurotrophic factor |