quasispecies
Meanings
noun
- A group of organisms once (but no longer) thought to be a separate species (and sometimes given such a name)
- A group of similar nucleic acid molecules; a group of organisms (especially viruses) having such similar genomes.
Word forms
Etymology
From quasi- + species.
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