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This is one of the fundamental definitions for comprehending evolution.
 
This is one of the fundamental definitions for comprehending evolution.
 
[[Image:200px-School_of_reef_fish_at_Rapture_Reef,_French_Frigate_Shoals.jpg|right|Fig. A group of squirrelfish (''Holocentrus ascensionis'') that are shoaling, not schooling: though swimming as a group, their speed and direction are not synchronised.
 
[[Image:200px-School_of_reef_fish_at_Rapture_Reef,_French_Frigate_Shoals.jpg|right|Fig. A group of squirrelfish (''Holocentrus ascensionis'') that are shoaling, not schooling: though swimming as a group, their speed and direction are not synchronised.
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Revision as of 17:19, 27 February 2009

This is one of the fundamental definitions for comprehending evolution.

Fig. A group of squirrelfish (Holocentrus ascensionis) that are shoaling, not schooling: though swimming as a group, their speed and direction are not synchronised. [1]



A population is a group of individuals of one species that live in the same geographical area at the same time.


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