PHYLOGENETICS

Phylogenetics

In biology, phylogenetics is the study of evolutionary relationships among groups of organisms, which are discovered through molecular sequencing data and morphological data matrices. The term phylogenetics derives from the Greek terms phylé and phylon, denoting "tribe", "clan", "race" and the adjectival form, genetikós, of the word genesis "origin", "source", "birth". The result of phylogenetic studies is a hypothesis about the evolutionary history of taxonomic groups: their phylogeny.

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phylogenetics

Noun

  1. The systematic study of organism relationships based on evolutionary similarities and differences.


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