Phyletic is an English word with synonyms like phylogenetic. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Phyletic in a sentence
Phyletic meaning
- Of or pertaining to phylogeny; phylogenetic.
- Of or pertaining to gradual evolutionary change along a single line of descent.
Synonyms of Phyletic
Using Phyletic
- The main meaning on this page is: Of or pertaining to phylogeny; phylogenetic. | Of or pertaining to gradual evolutionary change along a single line of descent.
- Useful related words include: phylogenetic, organic process, biological process.
- In the example corpus, phyletic often appears in combinations such as: phyletic gradualism.
Context around Phyletic
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Phyletic
- In this selection, "phyletic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, new, gradualism, similarity and approach stand out and add context to how "phyletic" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include argue that phyletic gradualism understood and between the phyletic gradualism model. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "phyletic" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with phyletic
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Punctuated gradualism is considered to be a variation of these models, lying somewhere in between the phyletic gradualism model and the punctuated equilibrium model. (24 words)
Severely shrunken Atlantic cod stocks have led to the marketing of cod replacements using culinary names of the form "x cod", according to culinary rather than phyletic similarity. (28 words)
The new phyletic approach changed the way that taxonomists considered plant classification, incorporating evolutionary information into their schemata, but this did little to further define the circumscription of Dioscoreaceae. (29 words)
His first point is to argue that phyletic gradualism — understood in the sense that evolution proceeds at a single uniform rate of speed, called "constant speedism" by Dawkins — is a "caricature of Darwinism" Dawkins, Richard (1996). (36 words)
The new phyletic approach changed the way that taxonomists considered plant classification, incorporating evolutionary information into their schemata, but this did little to further define the circumscription of Dioscoreaceae. (29 words)
Severely shrunken Atlantic cod stocks have led to the marketing of cod replacements using culinary names of the form "x cod", according to culinary rather than phyletic similarity. (28 words)
Example sentences (4)
His first point is to argue that phyletic gradualism — understood in the sense that evolution proceeds at a single uniform rate of speed, called "constant speedism" by Dawkins — is a "caricature of Darwinism" Dawkins, Richard (1996).
Punctuated gradualism is considered to be a variation of these models, lying somewhere in between the phyletic gradualism model and the punctuated equilibrium model.
Severely shrunken Atlantic cod stocks have led to the marketing of cod replacements using culinary names of the form "x cod", according to culinary rather than phyletic similarity.
The new phyletic approach changed the way that taxonomists considered plant classification, incorporating evolutionary information into their schemata, but this did little to further define the circumscription of Dioscoreaceae.
Common combinations with phyletic
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: