phylogenesis \phy`lo*gen"e*sis\
(f[imac]`l[-o]*j[e^]n;[-e]*s[i^]s), phylogeny \phy*log"e*ny\
(f[imac]*l[o^]j"[-e]*n[y^]), n. [Gr. fy^lon race, tribe + E.
genesis, or root of Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born.]
The history of genealogical development; the sequence of
events involved in the evolutionary development of a species
or taxonomic group of organisms; the historic exolution of
the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the
development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis,
or life development generally.
Syn: evolution.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
phylogenesis
n : (biology) the sequence of events involved in the
evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group
of organisms [syn: evolution, phylogeny]
[also: phylogeneses (pl)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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