Genetic Diversity

property · Ecology · Level 3 · E6

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Emergence definition

A measure of the variety of genetic characteristics within a population or species, influenced by the relationships between organisms and their environment.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “genetic diversity” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word: genetic diversity
Origin language: English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

In other languages

genetische Vielfalt German
genetic diversity English primary

Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

Life L2 (requires)

Ecological concept fundamentally depends on life

Used by

Dispersal L4
Species Diversity L8

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