Historical sequence of changes that occurs in a given species during the course of its evolution. It was once erroneously associated with ontogeny (the process of development of a living organism).
History or development of a race, species, etc.
Phylogenie, Phylogenese, die biolog. Wiss. von der Entwicklung des Tier- u. Pflanzenreichs; Teilgebiet der Abstammungslehre.