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phylogenetics

American  
[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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Now, he’s hoping to develop next-generation algorithms for something called Bayesian phylogenetics — where he’ll find a group of trees, or diagrams, that credibly explain data, as well as their probabilities of being correct.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021

Best writing: The Tangled Tree: A Radical New History of Life, by David Quammen, explains crucial advances in the field of molecular phylogenetics, including the discovery of archaea, a whole new category of life.

From The Guardian • Dec. 29, 2018

He was talking about molecular phylogenetics, without yet using that phrase, and he hoped by this technique to look back at least three billion years.

From New York Times • Aug. 13, 2018

Paradis, E., Claude, J. & Strimmer, K. APE: analyses of phylogenetics and evolution in R language.

From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017

With the advancement of molecular technologies, modern phylogenetics is now informed by genetic and molecular analyses, in addition to traditional morphological and fossil data.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015