Biotype

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A biotype is a genetically homogeneous group of individuals ( population ) that have arisen through self-fertilization or through parthenogenesis . The group is physiologically different from other biotypes of the same species .

The biotype is a special case of the ecotype because of the way it develops .

receipt

  • Matthias Schaefer: Dictionary of Ecology . 4th edition, Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, Heidelberg, Berlin 2003, p. 52. ISBN 3-8274-0167-4