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A group of individuals within a species that breed more freely among themselves than with other members of the species and resemble each other in more characteristics. Reproductive isolation of a subspecies may become so extreme that a new species is formed (see speciation). Subspecies are sometimes given a third Latin name, e.g. the mountain gorilla, Gorilla gorilla beringei(see also binomial nomenclature).
From: subspecies in A Dictionary of Biology »
Subjects: Science and technology — Life Sciences
