English dictionary
phylogenesis
/,f/aI/l/oU/'/dZ//E/n/@/s/I/s/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
noun
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(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
Source: WordNet 3.0
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The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the <i>phylon</i> or tribe, in distinction from <i>ontogeny</i>, or the development of the individual organism, and from <i>biogenesis</i>, or life development generally.
Source: webster1913