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intraspeˈcific, a. [f. intra- 1 + specific a., as adj. from species.] Produced, occurring, or existing within a (taxonomic) species or between individuals of a single species.
1919Genetics IV. 501 (heading) An analysis of certain cases of intraspecific sterility. 1929Hereditas XIII. 185 Partial sterility in intra- and interspecific crosses. 1937A. Huxley Ends & Means xiv. 265 Progress is dependent on the preponderance of intra-specific co-operation over intra-specific competition. 1953N. Tinbergen Herring Gull's World x. 88 Species are known in which the reproductive season brings much intraspecific strife. 1966M. Latzke tr. Lorenz's On Aggression iii. 18 The survival value of inter-specific fights is much more evident than that of intra-specific contests. 1968R. D. Martin tr. Wickler's Mimicry xvi. 227, I have given the term intra⁓specific mimicry to this form of self-imitation within a species. 1969Daily Tel. 13 Feb. 22/4 Mankind's allegedly instinctive affection for weaponry and intraspecific killing has been a selling subject. |