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phylogeny

phy·lo·geny

UK/faɪˈlɒd͡ʒəni/ US/faɪˈlɑd͡ʒəni/ uncommon informal

noun

1.

(biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms

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Origin

Borrowed from German Phylogenie, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, a neologism created as if borrowed from a Classic Greek word φυλογένεια (phulogéneia), composed from Ancient Greek φῦλον (phûlon, “tribe, genus, species”) + -γένεια (-géneia, “-geny (generation, production)”), equivalent to phylo- + -geny.

Phrases

  • ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

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