English noun: phylogenesis | |||
1. | phylogenesis (process) (biology) the sequence of events involved in the evolutionary development of a species or taxonomic group of organisms | ||
Synonyms | evolution, organic evolution, phylogeny | ||
Broader (hypernym) | biological process, organic process | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | anamorphism, anamorphosis, anthropogenesis, anthropogeny, emergent evolution, macroevolution, microevolution, speciation | ||
Domain category | biological science, biology | ||
Domain category members | Scopes trial | ||