phylogenetics
/ˌfʌɪlə(ʊ)dʒɪˈnɛtɪks/noun
The branch of biology that deals with phylogeny, especially with the deduction of the historical relationships between groups of organisms.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in American Naturalist. From phylogenetic: see -ic.
- blue star
- blue star grass
- blue state
- blue stater
- bluestem
- bluestocking
- blue-stockinged
- blue-stockinger
- bluestockingish
- bluestockingism
- Bluestocking Parliament
- bluestone
- blue straggler
- blue streak
- blue succory
- bluesy
- bluet
- bluetail
- blue-tangle
- bluethroat
- blue tick
- blue-tick coonhound
- blue-ticked
- blue-tick hound
- blue tit