Editing Ecotype (section)

== Definition ==
In [[evolutionary ecology]], an '''ecotype''',<ref group=note>Greek: ''οίκος'' = home and ''τύπος'' = type, coined by [[Göte Turesson]] in 1922</ref> sometimes called '''ecospecies''', describes a genetically distinct geographic variety, [[Population biology|population]], or [[Race (biology)|race]] within a [[species]], which is genotypically [[Adaptation|adapted]] to specific environmental conditions.

Typically, though ecotypes exhibit [[Phenotype|phenotypic]] differences (such as in [[Morphology (biology)|morphology]] or [[physiology]]) stemming from [[environmental heterogeneity]], they are capable of interbreeding with other geographically adjacent ecotypes without loss of fertility or vigor.<ref name="BTH">''Ecology: From individuals to ecosystems'' by Begon, Townsend, Harper, Blackwell Publishing 4th ed. (2006), p. 5, 6, 7, 8</ref><ref name="G.">{{cite journal |last1=Turesson |first1=Göte |title=The Genotypical Response of the Plant Species to the Habitat |journal=Hereditas |date=9 July 2010 |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=211–350 |doi=10.1111/j.1601-5223.1922.tb02734.x |hdl=2027/uc1.b2636816 |hdl-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Molles">{{cite book | last =Molles | first =Manuel C. Jr. | title =Ecology: Concepts and Applications | publisher =The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. | edition =3rd | year =2005 | location =New York | pages =[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780072944464/page/201 201] | isbn =978-0-07-243969-4 | url =https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780072944464/page/201 }}</ref><ref name="ee">''Environmental Encyclopedia'' by Bortman, Brimblecombe, Mary Ann Cunningham, William P. Cunningham, Freedman - 3rd ed., p. 435, "Ecotype"</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://botanydictionary.org/ecotype.html|title=ecotype - Dictionary of botany|website=botanydictionary.org}}</ref>