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A biological species consisting of overlapping subgroups, each of which can interbreed with the next, but which cannot freely interbreed when taken as a whole
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Ring species demonstrate that "can interbreed with" is not transitive.
Meaning relationships
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Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Finnish:
rengaslaji
— biological species
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German:
Artenkreis
— biological species
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German:
Rassenkreis
— biological species
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German:
Ringspezies
— biological species