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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Concept Breadcrumbs

Natural Resources, Conservation, Environment > natural resources > biological resources > sibling species
Preferred Term:

sibling species

Definition:
Species that are morphologically nearly identical and closely related genetically, but which are reproductively isolated and cannot interbreed sucessfully to produce fertile offspring.
Concept Schemes:
NALT Full
Broader Concept:
biological resources
Related Concepts:
URI:
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/204272
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