Definition of "phylogenetic" [phy•lo•ge•net•ic]

• Of or relating to phylogeny or phylogenetics. (adjective)
• Relating to or based on evolutionary development or history: a phylogenetic classification of species. (adjective)

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• "Furthermore, a priori assumptions in phylogenetic analyses, such as long-branch attraction can bias phylogenetic tree analysis."
• "The fantastically-named Congo forest mouse Deomys ferrugineus (sometimes called the Link mouse) is another similar long-footed form of uncertain phylogenetic position."
• "Whether Euchoreutes is actually a member of either of the two dipodid clades that have been recognised in phylogenetic studies of this group - Dipodinae and Allactaginae (Shenbrot 1992) - remains uncertain."