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The key element in the biological concept of species is that individuals within a species can what?
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Can mate with other individuals of their species and have viable progeny.
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Comparision of mhoperlogical And biological species concept?
Comparision of mhoperlogical And biological species concept
An individual organism?
Species (under the Biological Species Concept).
What can two organisms not do according to the biological species concept?
According to the biological species concept, two organisms are of different species if they do not do which of these
What are the 5 species concepts?
Biological species concept, phenetic species concept, reproductive competition species concept, evolutionary species concept, and the recognition species concept.
Which of the various species concepts identifies species based on the degree of genetic exchange between their gene pools?
Biological species concept :)
What are the differences between the morphological species concept biological species concept and phylogenetic species concept?
The morphological species concept differentiates species by their physical traits, basically. The biological species concept defines a species as generally organisms that breed with others of the same species; rather a genetic isolation concept. The phylogenetic concept is based on evolutionary relationships and is the concept used by cladists.
The biological species concept assumes that organisms regularly?
evolve
What best describes biological species concept?
Genera planterum, species planterum of Carl Linnaeus !
Is the biological species concept is useful only for extinct organisms?
No, biological species concept is NOT useful for extinct organisms at all, nor organisms that reproduce asexually; it is only useful for organisms that produce sexually.
What are Problems in the biological species concept?
There are two main problems that can be identified in the biological species concept. This concept emphiasizes interfertility between organisms. However, reproductive barriers between sexual reproducing species are not always effective. Sometimes, individuals of different species interbreed and produce offspring call hybrids. Also this concept fails to describe species that are predominantly asexual in their reproduction, including all bacteria as well as some protists, fungi, plants, and even a few animals.
In the biological species concept of Ernst Mayr what aspect of a population is critical to determining a species?
interbreeding capabilities
What is the principle that defines a species as a group of organisms whose members can interbreed to produce offspring?
biological species concept
