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
Competition among members of the same species is known as intraspecific competition.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2018
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
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
As a part of a study of the herpetofauna of the Mexican state of Michoacán an attempt was made to ascertain the interspecific and intraspecific relationships of the various populations of Pituophis there.
From A Taxonomic Study of the Middle American Snake, Pituophis deppei by William E. Duellman
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