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Encyclopedia > Ecotype

An ecotype of a species is subgroup of members of that species characterized by the ecological surroundings it inhabits.


For example the Tucuxi is commonly divided into two ecotypes - the riverine ecotype found in some South American rivers and the pelagic ecotype found in the South Atlantic Ocean.


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Abstracts of recent papers on ecospecies differentiation (5647 words)
It is considered that the existence of two distinct, sympatric ecotypes is unlikely, and that there is a true barnacle-dwelling ecotype of L. saxatilis that is morphologically and biochemically distinct from L. neglecta.
One possible response of plant populations to heterogeneous environments is genetic adaptation resulting in the formation of distinct ecotypes.
In all, seven different habitat-genotype combinations (ecotypes) were distinguishable on the basis of their morphological-allozyme-rDNA genotypes.
Utilizing The Ecotype Concept - Roadside Use of Native Plants - Environment - FHWA (428 words)
Ecotypes are plants in the early stages of varietal development, but lack the refinement in plant characters which come with breeding to fix the desired characters.
Ecotypes were first recognized in the early 1920's by scientists studying taxonomy, morphology, ecology, and physiology.
Ecotypes of little bluestem growing on either sandy or clay soils do not grow well on soils of the opposite texture.
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