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Ecotype vs Cotype - What's the difference?

ecotype | cotype |

As nouns the difference between ecotype and cotype

is that ecotype is (ecology) a group of organisms, normally a subdivision of a species, that is adapted to a specific environment while cotype is a syntype or paratype.

ecotype

English

Noun

(wikipedia ecotype) (en noun)
  • (ecology) A group of organisms, normally a subdivision of a species, that is adapted to a specific environment.
  • * 1995 , C. Wayne Smith, Crop Production: Evolution, History, and Technology , page 234,
    • These four Japanese introductions probably were of the Japonica ecotype .
  • * 1997 , Steven R. Radosevich, Jodie S. Holt, Claudio Ghersa, Weed Ecology: Implications for Management page 78,
    • She collected rhizomes of two ecotypes', a northern '''ecotype''' originally from Yellowstone County, Montana, and a southern ' ecotype from an agricultural field near Hollister, California.
  • * 1997 , Mark R. Macnair, The evolution of plants in metal-contaminated environments'', in Rudolf Bijlsma, Volker Loeschcke (editors), ''Environmental Stress, Adaptation, and Evolution , page 19,
    • The more interesting question is, What is the difference between an endemic and an ecotype ?

    Synonyms

    * ecospecies

    cotype

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A syntype or paratype.