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phylogenetics, n. pl.|ˌfaɪləʊdʒɪˈnɛtɪks|
[f. phylogenetic a.: see -ic 2.]
The study of phylogeny, esp. the factors influencing its course. (Usu. const. as sing.)
1937K. Faegri in Bot. Rev. III. 400 (heading) Some fundamental problems of taxonomy and phylogenetics. Ibid. 422 Phylogenetics: the science of the tribal history and descent (phylogeny) of plants and animals. 1966Davis & Zangerl tr. Hennig's Phylogenetic Systematics iii. 201 Determining the significance of individual factors in the total evolutionary process is the unique task of phylogenetics. 1975Nature 18 Dec. 641/2 Palaeogenetics..as well as protein phylogenetics..assume that comparative analyses of amino acid sequence data..yield a realistic image of evolution. |