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phy·log·e·ny

npl  -nies  1  :  the evolutionary history of a kind of organism  2  :  the evolution of a genetically related group of organisms as distinguished from the development of the individual organism - called also phylogenesis  - compare ONTOGENY  .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  Feul·gen 

 
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