phylogenetics
/ˌfaɪləd͡ʒəˈnɛtɪks/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.66 in modern English
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
12
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms, through computational methods that focus on observed heritable traits.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Thereupon he went to Leipzig, and during the winter of 1880–81 and the following summer semester studied comparative anatomy with Leuckart, geology with Credner, and phylogenetics with Carus."
- "An especially concise introduction to molecular phylogenetics is provided by Hillis et al. (1993). The danger of generating incorrect results is inherently greater in computational phylogenetics than in many other fields of science."
- "A difficult task was to review the development of the many new packages contributing to phylogenetics and evolutionary biology."
Etymology
Etymology tree English phylogenetic Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English phylogenetics From phylogenetic + -ics.