phyletic — [fī let′ik] adj. [ModL phyleticus < Gr phyletikos < phyletēs, tribesman < phylē: see PHYLE] Biol. of or pertaining to a phylum or to an evolutionary line of descent … English World dictionary
Phyletic gradualism — is a macroevolutionary hypothesis rooted in uniformitarianism. The hypothesis states that species continue to adapt to new challenges over the course of their history, gradually becoming new species. Gradualism holds that every individual is the… … Wikipedia
phyletic gradualism — phyletic gradualism. См. филетический градуализм. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Phyletic order — A phyletic order of a collection of taxa is an ordering of those taxa so that closely related taxa occur near each other. Since phyletic relatedness is not linear, phyletic ordering is not particularly sound, and little rigour is applied to it;… … Wikipedia
phyletic — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary phyl + etic (as in genetic) Date: 1881 of or relating to evolutionary change in a single line of descent without branching • phyletically adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
phyletic — adj. [Gr. phyle, tribe] Pertaining to a line of descent; see phylogeny … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
phyletic — adjective Of or pertaining to phylogeny; phylogenetic … Wiktionary
phyletic — Denoting the evolution of sequential changes in a line of descent by which one species is transformed into a new species. [G. phyletikos, tribal, fr. phyle, a tribe] * * * phy·let·ic fī let ik adj of or relating to the course of evolutionary or… … Medical dictionary
phyletic — [fʌɪ lɛtɪk] adjective Biology relating to or denoting the evolutionary development of a species or other group. Derivatives phyletically adverb Origin C19: from Gk phuletikos, from phuletēs tribesman … English new terms dictionary
phyletic — phy·let·ic … English syllables