phylogenetics

Noun

phylogenetics (uncountable)

1. (systematics) The study of the evolutionary history and relationships among or within groups of organisms, through computational methods that focus on observed heritable traits.
   • 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.c. 1899, William Morton Wheeler, “George Baur’s Life and Writings”, in The American Naturalist, volume 33, page 16
   • 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.2005, Stephen Bryant, Gerard Bouffard, Bioinformatics, Wiley, page 366