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Environment and Ecology Concept of Ecology

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An ecotype is a population that

1. Play a specific functional ‘Keystone’ role in an ecosystem

2. Has remained endemic to a particular ecological niche for a long period of time on evolutionary scales

3. Carries genes to successfully adapt to local environmental conditions

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Explanation:

An ecotype is a population (or subspecies or race) that is adapted to local environmental conditions. The implication is that those individuals which were best adapted to the prevailing conditions left the most offspring. Moreover, those more successful individuals carry genes that are partly responsible for their success in that environment. Thus, the adaptations of these ecotypes are based on the interactions of their own special sets of genes with their own environment.