phylogenetic

Variant of phylogeny

phylogeny definition

phy·log·eny (fī läj′ə nē)

noun pl. phylogenies -·nies

  1. the lines of descent or evolutionary development of any plant or animal species
  2. the origin and evolution of a division, group, or race of animals or plants
  3. the historical development of a nonliving thing, as a group of languages

Etymology: Ger phylogenie, coined (1866) by Ernst Heinrich Haeckel: see phylo- & -geny

Also phylogenesis phy′lo·gen′·esis (fī′lō jen′ə sis)

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