different between phylogeny vs phylogenetics

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Phylogenie, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, a neologism created as if borrowed from a Classic Greek word ?????????? (phulogéneia), composed from Ancient Greek ????? (phûlon, “tribe, genus, species”) + Ancient Greek -?????? (-géneia, “-geny (generation, production)”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fa??l?d??ni/
• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /fa??l?d??ni/

Noun

phylogeny (countable and uncountable, plural phylogenies)

1. (systematics) The evolutionary history of groups of organisms, such as species or clades.
2. (systematics, informal) A phylogenetic diagram.
3. The historical development of a human social or racial group.

   Understanding the phylogeny of this musical group helps us understand its music.

4. The historical development of any thing, idea, etc.
   • 2010, The Journey of Child Development ?ISBN:

     Indeed, in a recent review article, Mithen (2009) traces the phylogeny of human communication […]

Synonyms

• phylogenesis

Derived terms

• cophylogeny
• geophylogeny
• macrophylogeny
• ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

Related terms

• phylogenetics
• phylogenic

Translations

See also

• ontogeny

Further reading

• phylogeny in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

phylogenetic +? -ics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fa?l?d????n?t?ks/

Noun

phylogenetics (uncountable)

1. (systematics) The systematic study of organism relationships based on evolutionary similarities and differences.
   • 1899, William Morton Wheeler, “George Baur’s Life and Writings”, The American Naturalist, vol. 33, p. 16:

     Thereupon he went to Leipzig, and during the winter of 1880–81 and the following summer semester studied comparative anatomy with Leuckart, geology with Credner, and phylogenetics with Carus.

Related terms

• phylogenetic
• phylogenesis
• phylogeny

Translations