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phylogenetics

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[fahy-loh-juh-ne-tiks] / ˌfaɪ loʊ dʒəˈnɛ tɪks /

noun

  1. the branch of biology that involves the study of phylogeny.


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The study was published in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

From Science Daily • Apr. 2, 2024

However, researchers have a new answer to this question that they published Thursday in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2021

Phylogenetics of nonavian reptiles and the structure of the ancestral amniote genome.

From Scientific American • Jul. 4, 2012

As William Murphy and Brian Davis of Texas A&M University reported last year in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, the snow leopard’s closest sister species is the tiger.

From New York Times • Jul. 25, 2011