Does this mean that the term sibling species is equal to the term cognate
species ?
Winston Barney
Fort Worth, TX
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Subject: sibling taxa
> The term sibling species is often used in a technical sense to refer to
the closest relative of a species, especially in the case of a split such as
the closure of the isthmus of Panama, which separated Pacific and Caribbean
populations.
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> Dr. David Campbell