populations

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However, the adoption of millet did not happen alongside major genetic changes, indicating local populations embraced the new crop without large scale population turnover.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

That means it takes a long time for Joshua tree populations to shift to cooler, higher-elevation areas.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Several counties there have smaller populations now than they did in the 19th century.

From Slate • May 19, 2026

The species had previously existed as two separated populations in northern England and Kent, before declining to a handful of plants across three sites in Kent.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

But if wild populations with variations in genotype keep interbreeding, Dobzhansky knew, a new species would never be formed: a species, after all, is fundamentally defined by its inability to interbreed with another.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee