近きん縁えん種しゅ

noun

related species; allied species

Biological term for a species closely related to another, often used in taxonomy, ecology, and evolutionary biology.

• この植しょく物ぶつの近きん縁えん種しゅは南なん米べいに分ぶん布ぷしている。

  A related species of this plant is distributed in South America.

• 絶ぜつ滅めつ危き惧ぐ種しゅとその近きん縁えん種しゅの遺い伝でん子しを比ひ較かくする。

  Compare the genes of the endangered species and its allied species.