phylogenesis

phylogenesis

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Phylogenese, coined by Ernst Haeckel in 1866, from phylo- +‎ Genese.

Noun

phylogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural phylogeneses)

1. Evolutionary development of a species.

Synonyms

• phylogeny

Translations

evolutionary development of species

French: phylogenèse (fr) f Irish: fíligineacht f

Occitan: filogenèsi f Serbo-Croatian: filogèneza (sh) f

See also

• ontogenesis