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Definition of Philogeny

{ Phy`lo*gen"e*sis (?), Phy*log"e*ny (?), } n. [Gr. &?; tribe + E. genesis, or root of Gr. &?; to be born.] The history of genealogical development; the race history of an animal or vegetable type; the historic exolution of the phylon or tribe, in distinction from ontogeny, or the development of the individual organism, and from biogenesis, or life development generally.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • (systematics): The evolutionary history of an organism
          The phylogeny of this starfish provides clues to its anatomy.
  • the historical development of a human social or racial group
          Understanding the phylogeny of this musical group helps us understand its music.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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