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phylogeny
IUPAC Gold Book - phylogeny
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mentioned: phylogenesis
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Pattern of historical relationships between species or other groups resulting from divergence during evolution.
- Phylogenetic relationships are shown in diagrams (cladograms, phylogenetic trees, evolutionary trees).
- Palaeontology is important for understanding phylogeny. Without the fossils of the many groups of organisms now extinct, it could not be understood how present life forms are interrelated.
- Phylogenetics, the science of phylogeny, is part of the larger field of systematics, also including taxonomy.
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Palaeontology
https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14898
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fossils
https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14700
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phylogenetic trees
https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14527
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phylogenetics
https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/14913
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taxonomy
https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/15090
- PAC, 2009, 81, 829. 'Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)' on page 926 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-08-07-09)
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Citation: 'phylogeny' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.14914
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