use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework
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A discourse or treatise on trees; the natural history of trees.
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use of data (e.g. cytogenetic or biochemical) to assess taxonomic relations especially within an evolutionary framework
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Taxonomy systematics, Philosophy of science.the science of systematic classification
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Taxonomy systematics, Philosophy of science.That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classificati…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Taxonomy systematics, Philosophy of science.(biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms; proposed in 1838 by Matt…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(biology) the theory that cells form the fundamental structural and functional units of all living organisms; proposed in 1838 by Matt…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(biology) the field of science concerned with processes of communication and control (especially the comparison of these processes in…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.The theory of, or belief in, evolution. See Evolution, 6 and 7.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(biology) a theory of how characteristics of one generation are derived from earlier generations
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.(biology) a scientific theory of the origin of species of plants and animals
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Philosophy, Philosophy of science.A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class;…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Taxonomy systematics.The act of unfolding or unrolling; hence, in the process of growth; development; as, the evolution of a flower from a bud, or an anima…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Taxonomy systematics.The collective body of persons who live in one house, and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children, and ser…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Taxonomy systematics.A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Taxonomy systematics.(biology) an artificial taxonomic category for organisms of which the true relationships are obscure; ranked between order and genus
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Taxonomy systematics.an artificial taxonomic category established on the basis of morphological resemblance for organisms of obscure true relationships esp…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Taxonomy systematics.A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly di…
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A combining form denoting a discourse, treatise, doctrine, theory, science; as, theology, geology, biology, mineralogy.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discourse, treatise, trees, natural, history.Conjoined; attending; consequent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discourse, treatise, trees, natural, history.A treatise on amphibious animals; the department of natural history which treats of the Amphibia.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discourse, treatise, trees, natural, history.The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formati…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discourse, treatise, trees, natural, history.One versed in the natural history of trees.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discourse, treatise, trees, natural, history.The power of the mind to reason or infer by running, as it were, from one fact or reason to another, and deriving a conclusion; an exe…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discourse, treatise, trees, natural, history.A treatise upon, or history of, epidemic diseases.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discourse, treatise, trees, natural, history.To seek for or after; to strive to attain by search; to look wisely and carefully for.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discourse, treatise, trees, natural, history.A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a trea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discourse, treatise, trees, natural, history.An historian; a writer of history; especially, one appointed or designated to write a history; also, a title bestowed by some governme…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discourse, treatise, trees, natural, history.A learning or knowing by inquiry; the knowledge of facts and events, so obtained; hence, a formal statement of such information; a nar…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: discourse, treatise, trees, natural, history.A treatise upon, or a history and description of, the water of the earth.
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