phylogenetic classification

phylogenetic classification

noun Biology.
classification of organisms based on their assumed evolutionary histories and relationships.
Also called phyletic classification, phyletics.


Origin:
1880–85
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Phylogenetic classification is always a great word to know.
So is orthogenesis. Does it mean:
a theory that evolution of a species is due to a predetermined series of alterations intrinsic to the species, not due to natural selection
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