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What does ecotype mean?

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  1. (ecology) A group of organisms, normally a subdivision of a species, that is adapted to a specific environment.
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Another ecotype lives in the eastern North Atlantic, and the three eastern North Pacific ecotypes are known as the transient, resident and offshore populations.
The morphological differences are genetically determined and it is thus possible that the turlough population is a distinct ecotype adapted to this unusual habitat.
Its use has also been extended to protect selected kinds of this pepper ecotype from unwanted hybridisation.
The sedentary ecotype referred to small caribou populations that lived in the boreal forest year-round and traveled only short distances.
The cloves used to produce the next crop are taken only from clean bulbs of the 'Morado de Las PedroƱeras' purple garlic ecotype.
The characteristic light colour is an intrinsic element of the ecotype, which may be intensified by a denser planting pattern.

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