superpopulation

plural superpopulations

1. The larger population from which a subpopulation is drawn.

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   For each number of subtypes from N = 1 (all cells are indistinct and members of one superpopulation) to N = the number of cells recorded (all cells are unique and no meaningful crossover exists among them) there is some finite range of threshold linkage distances for which N subtypes appear from the data.

   2015 December 4, “Turtle Dorsal Cortex Pyramidal Neurons Comprise Two Distinct Cell Types with Indistinguishable Visual Responses”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI