phylogenetic tree

English

phylogenetic tree (plural phylogenetic trees)

(biology) A branching diagram illustrating the potential evolutionary relationships among biological organisms or other entities which the tree-maker hypothesizes share a common ancestor.
- 2011, Pepin, Jacques, “The Source”, in The Origins of AIDS, 1st edition, →ISBN, page 22:
  However, phylogenetic trees describe the relatedness between living organisms (and their classification) rather than ancestry. They measure the genetic distance between organisms, and identify the nearest relatives.

tree diagram

Chinese:
Mandarin: 系統發生樹／系统发生树 (xìtǒngfāshēngshù), 演化樹／演化树 (yǎnhuàshù)
Finnish: evoluutiopuu, fylogeneettinen puu
French: arbre phylogénétique (fr) m
Romanian: arbore filogenetic m
Russian: филогенети́ческое де́рево n (filogenetíčeskoje dérevo), эволюцио́нное де́рево n (evoljuciónnoje dérevo)
Spanish: árbol filogenético m
Tagalog: lipmulaing punungkahoy