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 | ||