Filogenier
Filogenier is a neologism in biology that refers to the act of inferring phylogeny or the practice of reconstructing evolutionary relationships among organisms or genes. As a verb, to filogenier means to perform phylogenetic analysis; as a noun, a filogenier can denote a researcher who specializes in phylogenetics or a method for constructing phylogenies. The term combines roots related to phylogeny with the agent suffix -er. It is not widely standardized and is rarely used in formal taxonomic literature, where phrases like “perform phylogenetic analysis” or “phylogenetic analysis” are preferred.
In practice, filogeniers typically work with DNA, RNA, or protein sequence data, sometimes supplemented by morphological
Applications of filogeny include resolving relationships among species or genes, informing taxonomic classification, tracing character evolution,
Limitations and challenges include data quality and completeness, model misspecification, convergent evolution, horizontal gene transfer, and
See also: phylogeny, phylogenetics, molecular clock, systematics, cladistics.