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Phylogenetic

Phylogenetic \Phy*lo*ge*net"ic\, a. Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism. -- Phy*lo*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.

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phylogenetic

a. 1 (context systematics English) Of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics 2 of, or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms

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phylogenetic

adj. of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms; "phylogenetic development" [syn: phyletic]

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Usage examples of "phylogenetic".

But what about your phylogenetic tree for cytochrome c and the vast nucleotide changes between the earlier species?

The indications of a serial progression are not so clear in the mosses, but the majority of the forms may be regarded as forming a great phylogenetic group in the evolution of which the elaboration of the moss-plant has proceeded until the protonema appears as a mere preliminary stage to the formation of the plants.

Since ad hominem seems to be the mode of argument here, my own observation is that these particular critics seem to gravitate to the past phylogenetic structure that corresponds with the ontogenetic structure in themselves that is immediately prior to their failed personal integration.

These are the cladists, who follow the principles laid down in Willi Hennig's famous book Phylogenetic Systematics.

Past actuals (structures already laid down in evolution but subsequently submerged) include the phylogenetic heritage and the ontogenetic heritage (from material/plant/animal identification to perinatal matrices to Freudian psychodynamic unconscious to collective archaic unconscious).