| 单词 | phylogeny |
| 释义 | phylogeny (once / 37883 pages) n Use the noun phylogeny to describe the branch of biology that focuses on evolution and the differences between species. You're most likely to come across the word phylogeny in a biology class. It's another term for "phylogenetics," the study of evolution, diversity, and the way different organisms and species are related to each other. The German biologist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel was the first to use the word phylogeny, in 1866, and Darwin used it soon after. It combines the Greek phylos, "race," with geneia, "origin." WORD FAMILYphylogeny USAGE EXAMPLESWe both knew it was a gamble, but she opted to work on bioinformatics and phylogeny despite having no training in computer science. Nature(Oct 25, 2016) The ethanol-resistant phylogeny was derived directly from the entire culture phylogeny. Nature(May 03, 2016) The phylogeny of fish in the family salmonidae is still being illuminated and the taxonomy unraveled. New York Times(Apr 18, 2015) n (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms Syn|Hypo|Hyper evolution, organic evolution, phylogenesis anamorphism, anamorphosis the evolution of one type of organism from another by a long series of gradual changes anthropogenesis, anthropogenythe evolution or genesis of the human race emergent evolutionthe appearance of entirely new properties at certain critical stages in the course of evolution macroevolutionevolution on a large scale extending over geologic era and resulting in the formation of new taxonomic groups microevolutionevolution resulting from small specific genetic changes that can lead to a new subspecies speciationthe evolution of a biological species biological process, organic process a process occurring in living organisms |
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