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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Not to be confused with Congenic.
Congeners are organisms within the same genus.[2]
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The antonym (opposite term) of conspecificity is the term heterospecificity: two individuals are heterospecific if they are considered to belong to different biological species.[3]
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- ^ "Conspecificity". Biology online. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
- ^ Congener, Merriam-Webster.com. Accessed 2009-03-25
- ^ "Heterospecificity". Biology online. Retrieved 5 December 2009.
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