subpopulation
noun
sub·pop·u·la·tion
ˈsəb-ˌpä-pyə-ˈlā-shən 
: an identifiable fraction or subdivision of a population
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Although such changes in a subpopulation sometimes herald a new species in the process of developing, both Pirotta and Lang say that’s likely not the case with these gray whales.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 June 2024
As the world’s southernmost polar bears, the two Hudson Bay groups are often considered indicators of how the 17 other polar bear subpopulations will fare in the future.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024
In order to provide the highest quality care for these especially vulnerable subpopulations, discharge planning and use of resources in and out of the hospital must be tailored to their unique needs.
—Julia Hinkle, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
For two decades, as the AIDS pandemic unfolded in country after country, governments and general populations almost always proved more interested in attacking the subpopulations at greatest risk for the disease than in fighting the virus itself.
—Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2015
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 19 June 2024
As the world’s southernmost polar bears, the two Hudson Bay groups are often considered indicators of how the 17 other polar bear subpopulations will fare in the future.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 June 2024
In order to provide the highest quality care for these especially vulnerable subpopulations, discharge planning and use of resources in and out of the hospital must be tailored to their unique needs.
—Julia Hinkle, Hartford Courant, 22 Apr. 2024
For two decades, as the AIDS pandemic unfolded in country after country, governments and general populations almost always proved more interested in attacking the subpopulations at greatest risk for the disease than in fighting the virus itself.
—Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2015
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subpopulation
noun
sub·pop·u·la·tion
ˈsəb-ˌpäp-yə-ˈlā-shən
: an identifiable fraction or subdivision of a population
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