Phenomena and Processes

Species Specificity

The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species.

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Abstract

The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Species Specificities
  • Specificities, Species
  • Specificity, Species

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Indexing Annotation

NIM; may refer to phylum, class, order, family, genus or strain as well as species

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History Note

66(64)

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Tree Number

  1. G16.824w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Species Specificity. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013045. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013045
  2. Species Specificity. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biological_specificity
  3. Species Specificity. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1782625