Dictionary Definition
conspecific adj : belonging to the same species;
"cultivated cabbage and wild cabbage are conspecific" n : an
organism belonging to the same species as another organism
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Noun
- An organism belonging to the same species as another
Derived terms
Extensive Definition
Conspecificity is a concept in biology. Two or more individual
organisms, populations, or taxa are termed conspecific if they
belong to the same species.
The antonym is heterospecificity:
two individuals are heterospecific if they are considered to belong
to different biological species.
Where different species can interbreed and their
gametes compete then conspecific gametes take precedence over
heterospecific gametes. This is known as conspecific sperm
precedence or conspecific pollen precedence in plants. See the
discussion of mirror
neuron in which a neuron fires both when the animal performs an
action and when the animal sees another animal perform the same
action.
conspecific means other members of the
species