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| spe·cies bar·ri·er |
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genetic barrier between species: the ability of cells belonging to members of a species to identify genes alien to the species and prevent them combining with its genome. The species barrier usually prevents members of different species from producing healthy offspring if they mate, and is also thought to prevent the transmission of some diseases between species.
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