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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."
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Main Entry: phy·log·e·ny
Pronunciation: fi-'läj-&-nE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -nies
1 : the evolutionary history of a kind of organism
2 : the evolution of a genetically related group of organisms as distinguished from the development of the individual organismcalled also phylogenesis; —compare ONTOGENY
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phylogeny phy·log·e·ny (fī-lŏj'ə-nē)
n.
- The evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms. Also called phylogenesis.
- The evolutionary development of an organ or other part of an organism.
phy'lo·gen'ic (-jěn'ĭk) adj.
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| 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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