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Phylogeny - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Phylogeny : (noun)
1: (biology) the sequence of events involved in the
evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group
of organisms [syn: evolution, phylogenesis]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Phylogenesis \Phy`lo*gen"e*sis\,Phylogeny : \Phy*log"e*ny\, n.
[Gr. ? tribe _ E. genesis, or root of Gr. ? to be born.]
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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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