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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
phy·log·e·ny       [fahy-loj-uh-nee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
2.the evolutionary history of a group of organisms, esp. as depicted in a family tree.
Also, phy·lo·gen·e·sis       [fahy-luh-jen-uh-sis] Pronunciation Key.
Compare ontogeny.

[Origin: 1865–70; phylo- + -geny]

—Related forms
phy·lo·ge·net·ic       [fahy-luh-juh-net-ik] Pronunciation Key, phy·lo·ge·net·i·cal, phy·lo·gen·ic, adjective
phy·lo·ge·net·i·cal·ly, adverb
phy·log·e·nist, noun
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phy·log·e·ny       (fī-lŏj'ə-nē)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   pl. phy·log·e·nies
  1. The evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms. Also called phylogenesis.
  2. The evolutionary development of an organ or other part of an organism: the phylogeny of the amphibian intestinal tract.
  3. The historical development of a tribe or racial group.


[Greek phūlon, race, class; see phylum + -geny.]

phy'lo·gen'ic (-jěn'ĭk) adj.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
phylogeny 
"genesis and evolution of a phylum," 1872 (in Darwin), from Ger. Phylogenie, coined 1866 by Ger. biologist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel (1834-1919) from Gk. phylon "race" + -geneia "origin," from -genes "born."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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phylogeny

noun
(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms [syn: evolution] 

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The American Heritage Science Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
phylogeny       (fī-lŏj'ə-nē)  Pronunciation Key 
The evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms.

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phylogeny phy·log·e·ny (fī-lŏj'ə-nē)
n.

  1. The evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms. Also called phylogenesis.
  2. The evolutionary development of an organ or other part of an organism.
phy'lo·gen'ic (-jěn'ĭk) adj.

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