Conspecificity
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Conspecificity is a concept in biology. Two or more individual organisms, populations, or taxa are conspecific if they belong to the same species.[1]
Where different species can interbreed and their gametes compete, the conspecific gametes take precedence over heterospecific gametes. This is known as conspecific sperm precedence or conspecific pollen precedence in plants.
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[edit] Antonym
The antonym, (opposite term) of conspecificity is the term heterospecificity: two individuals are heterospecific if they are considered to belong to different biological species.[2]
[edit] Neurology
See the discussion of mirror neuron in which a neuron fires both when the animal performs an action and when the animal sees another animal perform the same action.
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[edit] References
- ^ "Conspecificity". Biology online. http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Conspecificity. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ "Heterospecificity". Biology online. http://www.biology-online.org/dictionary/Heterospecificity. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
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