conspecific
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of conspecific
Example Sentences
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"If regucalcin1 is silenced, it impairs courtship toward conspecific females, proving a direct link between gene and behaviour," explains Rossi.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 21, 2024
Questions about conspecific interactions often focus on competition among members of the same species for a limited resource.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
“When it’s a fish they’re like, ‘Ooh you need a conspecific control and a control for empathy and a control for this and that … the fish are not doing this’.”
From The Guardian ● Feb. 7, 2019
If they’re actually conspecific with the Long-tailed earless dragon, things aren’t so urgent, since this species is not regarded as being of conservation concern.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 4, 2014
Wolf 1053 was never seen less than 80 yards from another wolf, and there was no evidence that she ever associated with a conspecific.
From Ecological Studies of the Timber Wolf in Northeastern Minnesota by Frenzel, L. D.
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