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What does it mean to say offspring of a species must be viable and fertile?
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What is a group of similar organisms in a genus that can reproduce more of their own kind?
This might be thought of as a species if the group indicated was large enough to include all of the potential members that can breed and produce viable fertile offspring. This would mean that animals which can breed and produce infertile offspring such as horses and donkeys which can mate and produce offspring are not of the same species. This situation would be within the bounds of the question. When a group which is of one species but is of limited such a limited population that the only can breed with a small number of individuals and produce a fertile offspring it would be described as a bottlenecked population. This can lead to severe genetic drift in that population.
Do a population mean one group or species or different varities?
A population is the summation of a species (members capable of producing fertile offspring) within a geographical area.
What is meant by the term fertile offspring?
Fertile means that you are capable of reproducing and offspring refers to the reproduction that you have made. So a fertile offspring would mean that your baby is capable of having a baby when they get old enough.
A species is composed of?
It depends if they are all in the same biome and area of the world or if they are just random animals in a species. It could also depend on what they eat as well as what animal kingdom they are from. What type of animals do you mean?
What does species sterile mean?
A species that is sterile is incapable of producing viable offspring, either due to genetic or physiological factors. This often occurs when individuals within the species are unable to successfully reproduce, resulting in the end of their genetic line.
What does fertile offspring mean?
Fertile offspring are offspring of parents which can continue to reproduce (for example Humans). However you can also get infertile offspring which cannot reproduce (an example of this is a mule, but it is not always the case.
What does non viable sperm mean?
Viable sperm is sperm that is capable of fertilizing an egg and resulting in, when combined with a viable egg, offspring. Hope this helps!
What does fertile mean in Reproduction?
producing or capable of producing offspring
What does range of tolerance mean regarding gorillas?
The optimum range of an organisms ability to maintain life. It is the type of conditions a specific species can survive in, and reproduce fertile offspring.
What does speicies mean?
a group of animals that can mate and producce fertile offspring.
What does sub-species mean?
A subspecies is a subgroup of a species that has inherent differences that make it distinct from the species as a whole. Subspecies can interbreed with other members of their species and the offspring remain fertile... Often created by genetic drift in a region that has become isolated from the "parent" species for some period of time.
What does spieces mean?
it means a type of an animal like; a giraff, lion,tiger and a horse.
