nounWord forms: plural-nies or -geneses (-ˈdʒɛnɪˌsiːz)
biology
the sequence of events involved in the evolution of a species, genus, etc
Compare ontogeny
Derived forms
phylogenic (ˌfaɪləʊˈdʒɛnɪk) or phylogenetic (ˌfaɪləʊdʒɪˈnɛtɪk)
adjective
Word origin
C19: from phylo- + -geny
Examples of 'phylogenies' in a sentence
phylogenies
Migration events were inferred from viral phylogenies by character reconstruction using parsimony.
Perrin Luc, Ormaasen Vidar, Op de Coul Eline LM, Meyer Laurence, Nielsen Claus, Maljkovic-BerryI, MacRae Eilidh, Loveday Clive, Leitner Thomas, Korn Klaus, Kücherer Claudia, HorbanAndrzej, Hoepelman IM, Hamouda Osama, Grossman Zehava, de Mendoza Carmen, DerdelinckxInge, De Luca Andrea, Costagliola Dominique, Coughlan Suzie, Chaix Marie-Laure, CamachoRicardo, Boeri Enzo, Balotta Claudia, Åsjö Birgitta, Angarano Guiseppe, Albert Jan,van de Vijver David A, Wensing Annemarie MJ, Hatzakis Angelos, Magiorkinis Gkikas,Pybus Oliver, Paraskevis Dimitrios, Puchhammer-Stöckl Elisabeth, Ruiz Lidia, SalminenMika O, Schmit Jean-Claude, Schuurman Rob, Soriano Vincent, Stanczak J, StanojevicMaja, Struck Daniel, Van Laethem Kristel, Violin M, Yerly Sabine, Zazzi Maurizio,Boucher Charles A, Vandamme Anne-Mieke 2009, 'Tracing the HIV-1 subtype B mobility in Europe: a phylogeographic approach', Retrovirologyhttp://www.retrovirology.com/content/6/1/49. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In phylogenies inferred using most of the genome, conspecific strains did not cluster in clades.
Maude Jacquot, Mathieu Gonnet, Elisabeth Ferquel, David Abrial, Alexandre Claude,Patrick Gasqui, Valérie Choumet, Myriam Charras-Garrido, Martine Garnier, BenjaminFaure, Natacha Sertour, Nelly Dorr, Jocelyn De Goër, Gwenaël Vourc'h, Xavier Bailly 2014, 'Comparative Population Genomics of the Borrelia burgdorferi Species Complex RevealsHigh Degree of Genetic Isolation among Species and Underscores Benefits and Constraintsto Studying Intra-Specific Epidemiological Processes', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0094384. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Molecular phylogenies have been used to study the diversification of many clades.
Tiago B. Quental, Charles R. Marshall 2011, 'The Molecular Phylogenetic Signature of Clades in Decline', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0025780. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These phylogenies define evolutionary timelines of functional innovation.
Ibrahim Koç, Gustavo Caetano-Anollés 2017, 'The natural history of molecular functions inferred from an extensive phylogenomicanalysis of gene ontology data.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5414959?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The resulting phylogenies identified two major clades that are congruent with the geographical populations studied.
Daniel Pagotto Vendrami, Walter Ceretti-Junior, Marcos Takashi Obara, Mauro ToledoMarrelli 2013, 'Mitochondrial PCR-RFLP Assay to Distinguish Triatoma brasiliensis macromelasoma fromTriatoma brasiliensis brasiliensis Subspecies (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)', Journal of Tropical Medicinehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/305198. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Immatures are important sources of information about characters, thus potentially improving classification and phylogenies.
Larissa Donida Biasotto, Filipe Michels Bianchi, Luiz Alexandre Campos 2013, 'Morphology of immatures of Euschistus (Mitripus) grandis (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae)',Zoologia (Curitiba)http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-46702013000300015&lng=en&tlng=en. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Such studies constitute a valuable source of high fidelity data for constructing phylogenies.
Russell J. Garwood, Jason Dunlop 2014, 'Three-dimensional reconstruction and the phylogeny of extinct chelicerate orders',PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/641.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This supertree method summarizes a collection of input phylogenies and an input taxonomy.
Benjamin D. Redelings, Mark T. Holder 2017, 'A supertree pipeline for summarizing phylogenetic and taxonomic information for millionsof species', PeerJhttps://peerj.com/articles/3058.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Phylogenies based on chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes support the latter view.
Turmel Monique, Otis Christian, Lemieux Claude 2007, 'A clade uniting the green algae Mesostigma viride and Chlorokybus atmophyticusrepresents the deepest branch of the Streptophyta in chloroplast genome-basedphylogenies', BMC Biologyhttp://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7007/5/2. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Inferred phylogenies showed 84 terminal taxa in seven principal clades.
Chetan C Gaonkar, Roberta Piredda, Carmen Minucci, David G Mann, Marina Montresor,Diana Sarno, Wiebe H C F Kooistra 2018, 'Annotated 18S and 28S rDNA reference sequences of taxa in the planktonic diatom familyChaetocerotaceae.', PLoS ONEhttp://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6306197?pdf=render. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)