| 单词 | sister species |
| 释义 | > as lemmassister species sister species n. Biology each of two or more closely related species; now spec. those that are most closely related to one another at the lowest level of an evolutionary tree or cladogram. ΚΠ 1831 Gardener's Mag. Dec. 670 It may be gratifying to contrast this rapid rate of growth [of the banana] in Mexico, with that of its sister species the plantain tree..in a British stove. 1869 Amer. Naturalist 3 7 We may, perhaps, find Dicentra Canadensis with its pure white heart-shaped flowers, not less interesting than its more common sister species. 1966 Pacific Insects Monogr. No. 9. 3 As ‘sister-species’ of species a I would consider that species b is most closely related phylogenetically to species a and which together with it forms a monophyletic species group of the lowest rank. 2015 Science 20 Feb. 822/1 Mountain bluebirds colonize these post-fire habitats before their sister species, the western bluebirds. < as lemmas |
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