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phylogeny

[fahy-loj-uh-nee] / faɪˈlɒdʒ ə ni /




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The researchers combined these data with a global phylogeny of all plant species and the world's largest database of plant traits, 'TRY'.

From Science Daily • Dec. 3, 2024

They constructed a phylogeny of anglerfish using data from 1,092 genetic loci across 132 species, representing approximately 38% of described species, complemented by fossil calibrations and genomic data to estimate divergence times and ancestral habitats.

From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2024

"It describes a new genus and species, but places them in the phylogeny of tardigrades," Nelson told Salon.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024

"Acoustic communication, broadly distributed along the vertebrate phylogeny, plays a fundamental role in parental care, mate attraction and various other behaviours," the authors explain in their study.

From Salon • Nov. 9, 2022

It is true that there are nonconformities to the general law that individual development tends to recapitulate racial history, or that ontogeny tends to recapitulate phylogeny.

From Herbert Spencer by Thomson, J. Arthur (John Arthur)




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