intraspecific
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Her example illustrates "intraspecific variation," which the study found to be pervasive across all North America's mammals.
From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2023
Modern rhino horns are used in intraspecific combat and in fighting predators, but also in foraging and especially in breaking branches.
From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2013
The resulting competition for resources among population members of the same species is termed intraspecific competition.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
Nevertheless, HI genes may have properties that are not easily modeled from intraspecific genetics and thus need to be directly tested in hybrid backgrounds.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 15, 2011
This analogy however, points to the importance of the selection between elementary species, and the very subordinate role of intraspecific selection in nature.
From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de
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