physiologic race

noun

variants or less commonly physiologic form

: a biotype or group of biotypes within a taxonomic group distinguished by some physiological peculiarity (as host preference, chemical dependence, or pathogenicity)

—used especially of economically important fungi, insects, or bacteria

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