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noun
A grouping of genetically related organisms that may or may not be morphologically similar and are recognized by systematists as being in different species or subspecies and may even belong to different genera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences
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noun
A suite of partially interfertile species that exchange genes, either directly or indirectly, under certain evolutionary and biogeographic conditions, and where interspecific gene flow is episodic and spatially variable in nature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: evolution
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History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- English -gamy English -on English syngameon From syn- + -gamy + -on (in analogy with taxon).
