phylogeneticallyadv.
/ˌfʌɪlə(ʊ)dʒᵻˈnɛtᵻkli/, U.S. /ˌfaɪloʊdʒəˈnɛdək(ə)li/ Biology.
As regards or in the course of phylogenesis; with reference to phylogeny.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > biology > biological processes > evolution > [adverb] > processes or types of evolution
ontogenetically1872
phylogenetically1872
phytogenetically1881
ontogenically1888
orthogenetically1907
proterogenetically1938
cladogenetically1957
stasipatrically1968
parapatrically1969
1872 Microsc. Jrnl. July 185 A chain of gradations..through which higher organisms have passed phylogenetically, and do pass ontogenetically.
1878 F. J. Bell & E. R. Lankester tr. C. Gegenbaur Elements Compar. Anat. 413 The earliest characters of the embryonic head, or of its equivalent in all Vertebrata, point to its being phylogenetically, the most ancient portion of the body.
1900 Zool. Jahrbücher: Anat. 14 278 The work done hitherto to express cellular phenomena phylogenetically has taken into account principally the centrosomes and central spindles.
1944 G. G. Simpson Tempo & Mode in Evol. vi. 186 The overlap of the phylogenetically prospective functions of one group of organisms on the prospective functions of two different environments.
1992 Nature 17 Dec. 641/2 There is now little doubt that Proconsul is phylogenetically linked with the Hominoidea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adv.1872