Difference between interbreeding and sympatry
Definitions
noun
- (genetics) the act of mixing different species or varieties of animals or plants and thus to produce hybrids
- reproduction by parents of different races (especially by white and non-white persons)
Examples
It is declining because of interbreeding with domestic cats and exposure to disease.
A local, usually stable population of interbreeding organisms of the same kind or species.
Morphological species are important in palaeontology, for interbreeding ability does not fossilize.
Definitions
noun
- the occurrence of organisms in overlapping geographical areas, but without interbreeding
Examples
Conversely, if genetic exchange occurs between the two lineages in sympatry, interlineage populations should exhibit much less differentiation than should geographically distant NW populations.
This applies globally as well as locally: despite continuous, near-global sympatry between domestic dogs and wolves, hybridization has hardly occurred and only one mtDNA type is shared.
In addition, hosts in sympatry were less likely to reject a mimetic model egg than a non-mimetic one.
