Phylogenesis
Pronunciation : Phy`lo*gen"e*sis, Phy*log"e*ny
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Gr. genesis, or root of Gr.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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