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Meaning of PHYLOGENESIS

Pronunciation:  `fIlow'jenusis

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
 

PHYLOGENESIS is a 12 letter word that starts with P.

 

 Synonyms: evolution, phylogeny
 
 See Also: anamorphosis, anthropogenesis, anthropogeny, biological process, emergent evolution, macroevolution, microevolution, organic process, speciation

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 
Biology Dictionary
 
 Definition: The evolutionary history of a particular taxonomic group, usually a species.
 

 

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