ecotype
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Ecotypes, or ecospecies, are organisms which belong to the same species but possess different phenotypical features as a result of environmental factors such as elevation, climate and predation. Ecotypes can be seen in wide geographical distributions and may eventually lead to speciation.
Research
6,006 papers- Evolution of immune and stromal cell states and ecotypes during gastric adenocarcinoma progression.Cancer cell · 2023
- Ecotype formation and prophage domestication during gut bacterial evolution.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2023
- Ecotype Division and Chemical Diversity of Cynomorium songaricum from Different Geographical Regions.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022
- Rediversification following ecotype isolation reveals hidden adaptive potential.Current biology : CB · 2024
- Spatiotemporal analyses of the pan-cancer single-cell landscape reveal widespread profibrotic ecotypes associated with tumor immunity.Nature cancer · 2025
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9 sectionsContents
- Definition
- Summary
- Terminology
- Range and distribution
- Ecotype and speciation
- Examples
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
Ecotypes, or ecospecies, are organisms which belong to the same species but possess different phenotypical features as a result of environmental factors such as elevation, climate and predation. Ecotypes can be seen in wide geographical distributions and may eventually lead to speciation.
== Definition == In evolutionary ecology, an ecotype, sometimes called ecospecies, describes a genetically distinct geographic variety, population, or race within a species, which is genotypically adapted to specific environmental conditions.