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phylogeny Definition

phy·log·eny (fī läj′ə nē)

noun pl. -·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

phylogeny Related Forms
phy′lo·ge·net′ic (-jə net′ik) adjective or phy′lo·gen′ic-jen′ik phy′lo·ge·net′i·cally adverb
phylogeny Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • group: Despite this, we still do not have a widely accepted phylogeny of the group.
  • gene: Molecular phylogeny of PEP carboxylase genes in plants and bacteria.
  • tract: Wind J: Phylogeny of the human vocal tract.

Converse of object

  • infer: Evidence that the phylogeny inferred from protein and DNA sequence comparisons is correlated with the phylogeny inferred from evolutionary biology.
  • reconstruct: This makes the use of molecular data vital for reconstructing louse phylogeny at this taxonomic level.
  • base: The objective of this work is a combined phylogeny based on nuclear and chloroplast sequences and morphology.
  • use: The relationships between SPLCV-US and other whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses were investigated by using phylogeny of derived AV1 and AC1 amino acid sequences.
  • recapitulate: He was an enthusiast for evolution and saw in the growth of embryos what he called ' ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny ' .
  • produce: The main objective of this research is to produce a robust phylogeny of the genus Pinus based on plastid DNA sequence data.

Adjective modifier

  • molecular: In addition, these sequence variations might be used for molecular phylogeny among these species.
  • robust: The main objective of this research is to produce a robust phylogeny of the genus Pinus based on plastid DNA sequence data.
  • species-level: The effect of habitat type on speciation rates and range movements in aquatic beetles: inferences from species-level phylogenies.
  • vertebrate: Extracting species trees from complex gene trees: reconciled trees and vertebrate phylogeny.

Modifies a noun

  • program: NEXUS format tree: This format is used by several popular phylogeny programs, including PAUP and MacClade.

Noun used with modifier

  • parasite: The HOST and PARASITE blocks describe the host and parasite phylogenies.
  • louse: This makes the use of molecular data vital for reconstructing louse phylogeny at this taxonomic level.
  • species: GeneTree: comparing gene and species phylogenies using reconciled trees.
  • plant: Green Plant Phylogeny Home Page - Green plant phylogeny research coordination group.
  • bird: We have already assembled a pilot data set of 100 bird phylogenies for use in this project.
  • host: Error in phylogeny will be illustrated with a comparison of two contemporary primate or host phylogenies against the pinworm or parasite phylogeny.