species barrier

collocation in English

meaningsofspeciesandbarrier

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species
noun[C]
uk
/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/us
/ˈspiː.ʃiːz/
a set of animals or plants in which the members have similar characteristics to each other and can breed with ...
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barrier
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbær.i.ər/us
/ˈber.i.ɚ/
a long pole, fence, wall, or natural feature, such as a mountain or sea, that stops people from ...
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(Definition ofspeciesandbarrierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspecies barrier

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The feeding of animal remains across thespeciesbarrieris what the meat industry is all about.
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The importance of that ability to cross thespeciesbarrierhas been under-emphasised.
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By transferring genes, one is in fact transgressing thespeciesbarrierand upsetting the equilibrium of the genome, without knowing how nature is going to react.
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The viruses can cross thespeciesbarrierto cause an epizootic disease in humans, and recently, in dogs.
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Languages normally develop by gradually accumulating dialectal differences until two dialects cease to be mutually intelligible, somewhat analogous to thespeciesbarrierin biology.
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When viruses cross this so-calledspeciesbarrier, their effects can be severe, and humans may have had little natural resistance.
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He further speculated that genes could cross thespeciesbarrier, with the same gene being responsible for hairiness in two different species of flower.
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Boreal forest may have contributed to the separation during warmer intervals; alternatively, aspeciesbarriermay have existed.
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Indeed, but the difficulty is that nature has provided species barriers that do not allow the sharing of those interests.
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It allows science to cross species barriers on a scale and in nays that we have never been able to do before.
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The constructs that create genetically modified organisms are designed to cross species barriers.
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Often such complexes only become evident when a new species is introduced into the system, breaking down existing species barriers.
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