Genus

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Food Biotechnology

A category including closely related species. Interbreeding between organisms within the same category can occur.

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

(pl.: genera) A group of closely related species, whose perceived relationship is typically based on physical resemblance, now often supplemented with data.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture