Definition of Phylogenetic relation

1. Noun. (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts. "In anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans"

Exact synonyms: Affinity
Category relationships: Biological Science, Biology
Generic synonyms: Family Relationship, Kinship, Relationship

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phylogenetic Relation

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

Literary usage of Phylogenetic relation

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

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"The inherited physiological and morphological characteristics of a plant, on account of its phylogenetic relation, are considered first because they define ..."

2. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1886)
"S. is inclined to believe that there is a closer phylogenetic relation between the pyramid tract and the posterior columns than at first sight seems ..."

3. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by Philadelphia Neurological Society, American Neurological Association, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association (1886)
"S. is inclined to believe that there is a closer phylogenetic relation between the pyramid tract and the posterior columns than at first sight seems ..."

4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1903)
"... such divisions are necessary steps in the physiological differentiation of gametes. The mitosis may have simply a phylogenetic relation and the lessened ..."

5. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society by Royal Microscopical Society, London (1882)
"The author thinks that there can be no doubt that the Bryozoa have a general phylogenetic relation to the Rotifera, Mollusca, ..."

6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1901)
"It would represent a new attainment in the evolution of the male gametophyte, quite independent of any phylogenetic relation to processes of development in ..."

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