semi-species

[Don McAllister]

According  to Lincoln, Boxshall and Clark's A Dictionary of Ecology, Evolution,
and Systematics, both definitions proposed were right.

Lincoln et al say: semispecies 1: Incipient species; populations that are
intermediate between races and biological species; exhibiting partial
interbreeding and intergradation, and weak reproductive isolation.
2: A component species of a superspecies; allospecies.

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Don McAllister