phylogeny
phylogeny
Definition
phy·log·eny (fī läj′ə nē)
noun pl. -·nies
- the lines of descent or evolutionary development of any plant or animal species
- the origin and evolution of a division, group, or race of animals or plants
- the historical development of a nonliving thing, as a group of languages
Etymology: Ger phylogenie, coined (1866) by Ernst Heinrich Haeckel: see phylo- & -geny
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.
Browse dictionary entries near phylogeny
- phylo-
- phylloxera
- -phyllous
- phyllotaxis
- phyllophagous
- phyllome
- phylloid
- phyllode
- phylloclad
- phyllo-
- phylum
- -phyre
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