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cryptic speciation

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-001620

A biological process that results in a group of different species that are morphologically nearly identical and closely related genetically, but which are reproductively isolated and cannot interbreed.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-001620
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsobiological speciation; sibling species; cryptic species; reproductive isolation
TranslationsSpanish: especiación críptica
Record as JSON
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001620",
  "term": "cryptic speciation",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A biological process that results in a group of different species that are morphologically nearly identical and closely related genetically, but which are reproductively isolated and cannot interbreed.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "biological speciation",
    "sibling species",
    "cryptic species",
    "reproductive isolation"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "especiación críptica"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/cryptic-speciation/"
}

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