phylogeny

Noun

Meaning

The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

phylogenesis evolution organic evolution darwinism development ovum adaptation oxidation ovary anthropogenic polymorphism ontogeny spermatozoon evolutionism antherozoid
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Antonyms

fall reduction decline decrease decay collapse
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Hypernyms

biological process organic process

Hyponyms

anamorphosis anamorphism anthropogeny anthropogenesis macroevolution microevolution

Related terms

phylogenetics phylogenic

Phrases with the word

morpho-phylogeny phylogeny-based

Examples

Child psychology and animal psychology are of relatively slight importance, as compared with the sciences which deal with the corresponding physiological problems of ontogeny and phylogeny. Wilhelm Wundt

A 2005 molecular phylogeny, based on rDNA analysis, suggests that salamanders and caecilians are more closely related to each other than they are to frogs. Source: Internet

According to a phylogeny derived from nuclear sequences, the Eurasian golden jackal (Canis aureus) diverged from the wolf/coyote lineage 1.9 million years ago but the African golden wolf separated 1.3 million years ago. Source: Internet

A comprehensive phylogeny by Goloboff et al. citation includes xenarthrans as a sister clade of Euarchontoglires within Boreoeutheria ( Laurasiatheria Euarchontoglires ). Source: Internet

A. M. Khazen, on the one hand, states that "ontogeny is obliged to repeat the main stages of phylogeny." Source: Internet

A method for deducing branching sequences in phylogeny. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

phylogenomic phylogenomically phylogenomics phylogeny-based phylogeographer phylogeographic