subpopulation
IPA: sʌbpɑpjʌɫˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- A subdivision of a population.
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Examples of "subpopulation" in Sentences
- They are a distinct subpopulation.
- This subpopulation has increased fitness.
- A subset of a population is called a subpopulation.
- Often a subpopulation of a species will also be a subspecies.
- Unfortunately, a subpopulation that this remark fits to a tee.
- The subpopulation on Rota is expected to decline as older trees die.
- They are the only subpopulation of sea turtle to nest in these islands.
- The drug induces a subpopulation of ring stages into developmental arrest.
- Each population and subpopulation has its own separate needs and its own distinct health care requirements.
- Ms. BETH WICTUM (Director, Forensic Lab, School of Veterinary Medicine University of California, Davis): Essentially, by breeding these dogs, they're creating a subpopulation, almost a new breed.
- Ms. WICTUM: Just as with Labradors, they may try and concentrate certain aspects of pointing or retrieving, there are behavioral traits that they're trying to concentrate within this subpopulation.
- However, despite these increases, Hispanics continued to have the lowest health insurance coverage and the lowest percentage of persons with a personal health-care provider than any other subpopulation......
- When the purported relationship is inverse such as jobs overall and relative job loss for a certain population segments, you need to look long and hard to find data that prove your specifics for the subpopulation, and explain how that has happened due to the mechanisms you propose.
- As for Moore's second charge, though EPA may have been concerned about the possibility that infants and children may be more sensitive than adults to the toxic effects of pesticide residues on food, the Agency was not taking any steps to ensure this subpopulation were adequately protected.
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