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The sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms
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phylogenesis
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WordNet
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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)]
Wikipedia
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Phylogenesis ( 1999 ) is a science fiction novel written by Alan Dean Foster . It is the first novel in Foster's Founding of the Commonwealth Trilogy . In Phylogenesis Foster begins to further expand the history of the founding of the Humanx Commonwealth ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Phylogenesis \Phy`lo*gen"e*sis\, Phylogeny \Phy*log"e*ny\, n. [Gr. ? tribe + E. genesis, or root of Gr. gi`gnesqai to be born.] The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon ...
Wiktionary
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n. Evolutionary development of a species.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1870, coined in German by Haeckel, from phylo- + -genesis "birth, origin, creation."