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phylogeny

[fahy-loj-uh-nee] / faɪˈlɒdʒ ə ni /




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Phylogeny is important to everyday life in human society.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

Averianov, A. O. & Lopatin, A. V. Phylogeny of triconodonts and symmetrodonts and the origin of extant mammals.

From Nature • Nov. 12, 2017

Phylogeny is the science that describes the relative connections between organisms, in terms of ancestral and descendant species.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Phylogeny of iguanian lizards inferred from 29 nuclear loci, and a comparison of concatenated and species-tree approaches for an ancient, rapid radiation.

From Scientific American • Jan. 17, 2014

It was thus Darwinism that first opened our eyes to a true comprehension of the supremely important relations between the two parts of the science of organic evolution—Ontogeny and Phylogeny.

From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August




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