phylogeny – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
phylogeny
n.
descent or evolutionary development of a species
Phylogenetic tree
A
phylogenetic tree or
evolutionary tree is a branching
diagram or "
tree" showing the inferred
evolutionary relationships among various biological
species or other entities—their
phylogeny—based upon similarities and differences in their physical or genetic characteristics. The taxa joined together in the tree are implied to have descended from a
common ancestor. Phylogenetic trees are central to the field of
phylogenetics.
phylogeny
Noun
1. (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
(synonym) evolution, phylogenesis
(hypernym) organic process, biological process
(hyponym) anamorphosis, anamorphism
(classification) biology, biological science
(class) Scopes trial
Phylogeny
(n.)
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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
Phylogeny
Phylogeny [from Greek phylo race + geneia producing] The racial history of an organism, as contrasted with ontogeny or the individual history. Phylogenesis is applicable to the process. This branch of biology takes into account the racial affinities of an organism, and forms an important part of the science of evolution.
