Definition of Phylogenetic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms. "Phylogenetic development"

Exact synonyms: Phyletic
Partainyms: Phylogeny, Phylogeny
Derivative terms: Phylogenesis

Definition of Phylogenetic

1. a. Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism.

Definition of Phylogenetic

1. Adjective. (systematics) Of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics ¹

2. Adjective. of, or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phylogenetic

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Phylogenetic

1. Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism. (07 May 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phylogenetic

phyllotactic arrangement
phyllotaxes
phyllotaxies
phyllotaxis
phyllotaxy
phyllotungstite
phyllous
phylloxanthin
phylloxanthins
phylloxera
phylloxerae
phylloxeras
phylo-
phyloanalysis
phylogenesis
phylogenetic (current term)
phylogenetic relation
phylogenetic tree
phylogenetically
phylogeneticist
phylogeneticists
phylogenetics
phylogenic
phylogenics
phylogenies
phylogenomic
phylogenomics
phylogeny
phylogeographic
phylogeographical

Literary usage of Phylogenetic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dwarf Mistletoes: Biology, Pathology, and Systematics by Frank G. Hawksworth, Delbert Wiens (1998)
"Chromosome size and number may not be as useful for inferring phylogenetic relationships in Viscaceae as in Loranthaceae. The evidence for linking ..."

2. Fossil Elephantoids: from the Hominid-Bearing Awash Group, Middle Awash by Jon Kalb (2007)
"... APPENDIX phylogenetic Systematics of Late Neogene Afro-Eurasian ... fossils into the phylogenetic model used in this report. ..."

3. Geological Biology: An Introduction to the Geological History of Organisms by Henry Shaler Williams (1895)
"Hypotheses regarding the phylogenetic Evolution of Races. —The term Ontogeny has been applied to this development, and to distinguish it therefrom, ..."

4. A Text-book of Sociology by James Quayle Dealey, Lester Frank Ward (1905)
"... so the phylogenetic forces may be summed up in the word love. As the phylogenetic forces must consist in different modes of manifesta- 1 Fustel de ..."

5. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences by Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences (1914)
"phylogenetic Development of the Arachnida. Little may be said 'concerning the phylogenetic development of arthropods. That they have developed from ..."

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