单词 | evolutionary tree |
释义 | > as lemmasevolutionary tree The pattern of historical relationships between species or other taxonomic groups resulting from divergence as a consequence of evolution or selective breeding; (also) a diagram or theoretical model of such relationships. Frequently with modifying word, as evolutionary tree, genealogical tree, phylogenetic tree, etc. Cf. also family tree n. 3. ΚΠ 1792 J. S. Barr tr. Comte de Buffon Nat. Hist. V. 339 To give a clearer idea of the different kinds of dogs, of their degeneration in different climates, and of the mixture of their breed, I subjoin a kind of genealogical tree [Fr. arbre généalogique], in which all the different varieties may easily be distinguished. The shepherd's dog is the stock or body of the tree. 1817 W. Johnston tr. J. Beckmann Hist. Inventions & Disc. (ed. 3) IV. 268 We might form a genealogical tree of them [sc. the varieties or cultivars of Brassica oleracea]..; but a genealogical tree without proofs is as of little value in natural history as in claims for hereditary titles and estates. 1899 Science 29 Dec. 968/2 In a pictorial phylogenetic tree the type of the ganoid is given as the ‘gar-pike’. 1914 F. Rothwell tr. E. Boutroux Nat. Law in Sci. & Philos. x. 144 The followers of Lamarck and Darwin..are endeavouring to draw up the genealogical tree of species. 1992 Discover May 19/2 In a cladistic analysis, one tries to determine how a number of organisms are related and arrange them on the most plausible evolutionary tree—or cladogram..—by focusing on certain key characteristics. 2008 T. Audesirk et al. Biology (ed. 8) vii. 367/1 Notice the positions on the tree of the four human viruses (two strains of HIV-1 and two of HIV-2). < as lemmas |
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