Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌfaɪ.loʊ.d͡ʒəˈnɛt.ɪk/
Adjective
phylogenetic (not comparable)
- (systematics) Of, or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics.
1893 January, Alexander Macalister, “The Study of Man”, in Popular Science Monthly, volume 42:To each of these subdivisions of the phylum thus differentiated the name race may appropriately be restricted, and the sum of the peculiarities of each race may be termed race-characters. This is the phylogenetic side of anthropology, and its nomenclature should be kept clearly separate from that of the ethnological side.
- Of, or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms.