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Phylogenetic — Phy*lo*ge*net ic, a. Relating to phylogenesis, or the race history of a type of organism. {Phy*lo*ge*net ic*al*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
phylogenetic — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from New Latin phylogenesis phylogeny, from phyl + genesis Date: 1877 1. of or relating to phylogeny 2. based on natural evolutionary relationships 3. acquired in the course of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
phylogenetic — phy·lo·ge·net·ic (fī lō jə nĕtʹĭk) adj. 1. Of or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics. 2. Relating to or based on evolutionary development or history: a phylogenetic classification of species. phy lo·ge·netʹi·cal·ly adv. * * * … Universalium
phylogenetic — adjective of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms phylogenetic development • Syn: ↑phyletic • Pertains to noun: ↑phylogeny (for: ↑phyletic), ↑phylogeny … Useful english dictionary
Phylogenetic nomenclature — (PN) or phylogenetic taxonomy is an alternative to rank based nomenclature, applying definitions from cladistics (or phylogenetic systematics). Its two defining features are the use of phylogenetic definitions of biological taxon names, and the… … Wikipedia
Phylogenetic footprinting — is a technique used to identify transcription factor binding sites (TFBS) within a non coding region of DNA of interest by comparing it to the orthologous sequence in different species. When this technique is used with a large number of closely… … Wikipedia
Phylogenetic bracketing — is a method of inference used in biological sciences. It is to infer the likelihood of unknown traits in organisms based on their position in a phylogenetic tree. One of the main applications of phylogenetic bracketing is on extinct animals,… … Wikipedia
Phylogenetic profiling — is an important and elegant bioinformatics technique in which the joint presence or joint absence of two traits across large numbers of species is used to infer a meaningful biological connection, such as involvement of two different proteins in… … Wikipedia
phylogenetic tree — phylogenetic tree. См. кладограмма. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Phylogenetic comparative methods — When applied to comparative data, conventional statistical methods assume, in effect, that all species are completely unrelated. As if they descended from a big bang of special creation. Such a scenario can be depicted as a star phylogeny (left) … Wikipedia
