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UKPhylogeny
/faɪlˈɒdʒəni/
/faɪˈɫɑdʒəni/Phylogeny
[NOUN]1
(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
Examples
1. But for the most part, molecular phylogeny has held up this order of dietary evolution.
2. As I say, ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.
3. The research was also based on phylogeny, just like the 1998 report.
4. In a phylogeny, individual species or groups of species sit at the tips of the tree.
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