conspecific
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of conspecific
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The authors add, "We found that just like in mice, human tears contain a chemical signal that blocks conspecific male aggression. This goes against the notion that emotional tears are uniquely human."
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2023
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
In short, a strong case can be made for the idea that the Darling Downs dragons are not conspecific with the other Grassland earless dragon populations: Melville .
From Scientific American ● Jan. 4, 2014
Probably E. rostralis and E. gollmeri are conspecific, but additional specimens are needed from Nicaragua and Honduras to prove conspecificity.
From Amphibians and Reptiles of the Rainforests of Southern El Peten, Guatemala by William E. Duellman
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