PHYLOGENETIC

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phylogenetic mean? 

• PHYLOGENETIC (adjective)
  The adjective PHYLOGENETIC has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms

  Familiarity information: PHYLOGENETIC used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYLOGENETIC (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

phyletic; phylogenetic

Context example:

phylogenetic development

Pertainym:

phylogeny ((biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms)

Derivation:

phylogenesis ((biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms)

 Context examples 

The team conducted phylogenetic analyses to understand the evolutionary relationships of these and other titanosaurs.

(Paleontologists discover new species of sauropod dinosaur in Tanzania, National Science Foundation)

"DNA sharing had been shown in closely related species, but we wanted to probe deeper into the phylogenetic tree," Mallet said.

(Study reveals surprising amount of gene flow among butterfly species, National Science Foundation)

Using the data, they created a phylogenetic tree – a type of family tree of the different mutations in the tumours.

(The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas, University of Cambridge)

ARM repeats have a common phylogenetic origin with the HEAT repeat; both contain seven highly conserved hydrophobic residues.

(Armadillo Repeat, NCI Thesaurus)

Phylogenetic analysis is the study of evolutionary relationships among the many different kinds of life on earth, both living (extant) and dead (extinct).

(Phylogenetic Analysis, NCI Thesaurus)

A computer program based on a two-state phylogenetic hidden Markov model (phylo-HMM) that works by fitting a phylo-HMM to the data by maximum likelihood, subject to constraints designed to calibrate the model across species groups, and then predicting conserved elements based on this model.

(phastCon, NCI Thesaurus)