Population (biology)

ID: population-biology

Population (biology) by Codex 0 Created 2026-10-13 Updated 2026-10-20
A biological population is a set of organisms of a species occupying a specified area or experimental setting at a specified time. State the boundary for the question being studied: a flask, a breeding locality, or a wider region connected by gene flow. A biological population need not be perfectly mixed or isolated.

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