quasispecies

English

Etymology

quasi- +‎ species

Noun

quasispecies (plural quasispecies)

  1. (taxonomy) A group of organisms once (but no longer) thought to be a separate species (and sometimes given such a name)
  2. (genetics) A group of similar nucleic acid molecules; a group of viruses having such similar genomes
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