phylogenicadj.
/ˌfʌɪlə(ʊ)ˈdʒɛnɪk/, U.S. /ˌfaɪloʊˈdʒɛnɪk/ Biology.
= phylogenetic adj.
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phylogenic1875
phylological1891
the world > life > biology > theories > [adjective] > of genetics or evolution
Lamarckian1846
Darwinian1859
Darwinite1860
polygenistic1860
vestigian1860
Darwinistic1863
monogenistic1865
un-Darwinian1869
pre-Darwinian1870
Darwinic1871
hereditarian1873
monogenetic1873
pangenetic1875
phylogenic1875
evolutionistic1876
Darwinical1881
neo-Lamarckian1884
Darwinizing1886
neo-Darwinian1888
unigenist1896
Haeckelian1897
pangenic1900
Mendelian1902
monogenic1902
pre-Mendelian1902
Weismannian1903
autonomistic1904
adaptionist1915
adaptationist1931
gradualist1931
selectionist1944
Morganist1949
saltationist1954
punctuational1976
punctuationalist1978
punctuationist1979
1875 T. H. Huxley in Amer. Naturalist 9 66 Valuable and important as phylogenic speculations are as guides to, and suggestions of, investigation, they are pure hypotheses incapable of any objective test.
1878 M. Foster Text Bk. Physiol. (ed. 2) iv. v. 556 This..has a morphological or phylogenic, as well as a physiological or teleological, significance.
1937 Amer. Midland Naturalist 18 639 There are no phylogenic trends in the development of these organs.
2000 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 97 14261/2 These differences do not correspond to the phylogenic subclassification of archaea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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