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" A subspecies is an aggregate of phenotypically similar populations of a species, inhabiting a geographic subdivision of the range of the species, and differing from other populations of the species. "
Earthworm Ecology - Page 120
edited by - 2004 - 456 pages
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Ecological Genetics

David J. Merrell - 1981 - 514 pages
...one or more genetic variants, gene alleles, or chromosomal structures." 3. Later, Mayr (1970) wrote, "A subspecies is an aggregate of phenotypically similar...taxonomically from other populations of the species." 4. Dobzhansky's (1970) later definition also changed somewhat. "A race is a cluster of local populations...
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The Growth of Biological Thought: Diversity, Evolution, and Inheritance

Ernst Mayr - 1982 - 996 pages
...the subspecies was only very slowly replaced by a populational one. A subspecies is now defined as "an aggregate of phenotypically similar populations...inhabiting a geographic subdivision of the range of a species, and differing taxonomically from other populations of the species" (Mayr, 1969: 41). It...
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The "Racial" Economy of Science: Toward a Democratic Future

Sandra Harding - 1993 - 548 pages
...little evolutionary interest" (p. 350). He gives a definition of subspecies as "an aggregate of local populations of a species, inhabiting a geographic...taxonomically from other populations of the species" (p. 348). Mayr thinks that the subspecies category is such a convenient taxonomic device, this accounts...
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Endangered Species Act Implementation: Oversight Hearing Before the ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee on Resources - 1996 - 204 pages
...term "species" includes species offish or wildlife or plants and any phenotypically similar population of a species inhabiting a geographic subdivision of the range of the species, and excludes polymorph variants." This amendment strikes the term "subspecies," clarifies the intended...
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Describing Species: Practical Taxonomic Procedure for Biologists

Judith E. Winston - 1999 - 546 pages
...reproducing animals. As defined by Mayr (Mayr and Ashlock 1991:430), a subspecies is "an aggregate of local populations of a species inhabiting a geographic subdivision...taxonomically from other populations of the species." In botany, a subspecies has been defined as "a population of several biotypes" (given genotypes expressed...
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Cell Biology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Evolution and Ecology: Evoloution ...

PS Verma | VK Agarwal - 2004 - 1298 pages
...population (deme) is subspecies, or geographical race or race. A subspecies is an aggregate of local populations of a species inhabiting a geographic subdivision...taxonomically from other populations of the species. The nature of species, subspecies and deme now arms us to solve the following questions: How from a...
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What Makes Biology Unique?: Considerations on the Autonomy of a Scientific ...

Ernst Mayr - 2004 - 276 pages
...during which phyletic evolution seems to have been at a standstill. Subspecies. An aggregate of local populations of a species, inhabiting a geographic subdivision of the range of a species and differing taxonomically from other populations of the species; a subdivision of a polytypic...
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Magazine - Vol. 2, No. 3 - 176 pages
...this conclusion for the Lake Modewarre population. A subspecies is defined as "an aggregate of local populations of a species, inhabiting a geographic...taxonomically from other populations of the species" (Mayr, 1963, p. 348; his italics). It is thus unsound to describe any series of these lake populations...




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