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phylogeny /phy·log·e·ny/ (fi-loj´ĭ-ne) the complete developmental history of a group of organisms.phylogen´ic
phy·log·e·ny (f-lj-n)
n.
1. The evolutionary development and history of a species or higher taxonomic grouping of organisms. Also called phylogenesis.
2. The evolutionary development of an organ or other part of an organism.
phylo·genic (-jnk) adj.
phylogeny
[filoj′ənē]
Etymology: Gk, phylon + genesis
the development of the structure of a particular race or species as it evolved from earlier forms of life. Also called phylogenesis. Compare ontogeny. See also comparative anatomy.
phylogeny [fi-loj´ĕ-ne]
the complete developmental history of a group of organisms. adj., adj phylogenet´ic, phylogen´ic.
phylogeny (fī·läˑ·j·nē),
n the evolutionary history of a species. See also ontogeny.
phylogeny
the evolutionary history of a race or group of organisms.
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Their topics include similarity searching using BLAST, estimating maximum likelihood phylogenies with PhyML, predicting genetic code for metazoan mitochondria with GenDecoder, and analyzing DNA sequence polymorphism using DnaSP.
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