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You could run into the same name of an organism with similar appearance
Brant Lockman
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∙ 13y agoThe major limitation to the morphological concept of species is that
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there may be a great deal of phenotypic variability in a species.
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organisms that actually can interbreed may have very different physical characteristics.
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it does not consider whether individuals of a species can mate and produce viable offspring.
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All of the above
All of the above
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∙ 12y agoAn older and somewhat discarded concept that tried to delineate species by their morphological ( physical ) similarities. This presented too many problems, especially when their was analogous evolutionary processes going on. Two species conuld have developed the same adaptive answer to the some environmental problems and not even be evolutionarily closely related, but still physically resemble each other.
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∙ 11y agoThe concept of a species as an irreducible group whose members are descended from a common ancestor and who all posses a combination of certain defining or derived, traits.
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∙ 12y agoIt cannot be applied to extinct organisms.
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∙ 11y agothat if you if you morph natural selection you get the lion king
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You are confronted with a box of preserved grasshoppers of various species that are new to science and have not been described What if your assignment is to separate them into species?
it is either morphological or plylogenetic. I am leaning more to the morphological side.
Explain the difference between the morphological and biological concepts of species?
Morphological concepts are those that are physical and can be seen, such as noses and eyes. Biological are things like blood lines and the inner workings of the cells in the body.
What is the accumulation of differences between groups that lead to formation of new species?
Genetic, behavioural and morphological divergence, or genetic drift.
What species concept defines a species as a group of organisms that are able to reproduce successfully in the wild?
Able to interbreed in the wild would be the biologicalspecies concept.
What are 3 pieces of evidence that scientists combine to determine evolutionary relationships among species?
Genetic features, morphological features and behavioural features.
What is the difference between the typological species concept and the morphological species concept?
The main difference between the typological species concept and the morphological species concept is that the typological species concept classifies organisms that share characteristics that set them apart from others, whereas the morphological species concept classifies them as the same species if they appear identical.
What is 1 limitation of the morphological species concept?
there is no limitation
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.
What is one limitation of the morphological species concept?
There is no known mechanism for the introduction of new genetic material.
You are confronted with a box of preserved grasshoppers of various species that are new to science and have not been described What if your assignment is to separate them into species?
it is either morphological or plylogenetic. I am leaning more to the morphological side.
Can a rooster fertililze a duck?
A morphological species is a group of organisms that have a distinctive form: for example, we can distinguish between a chicken and a duck because they have different shaped bills and the duck has webbed feet. Species have been defined in this way since well before the beginning of recorded history. Although much criticised, the concept of morphological species remains the single most widely used species concept in everyday life, and still retains an important place within the biological sciences. So, no the interbreeding of a chicken and a duck will not produce viable eggs.
Is bacilli a morphological description of bacteria?
No. It is a genus (the level above species).
What are the 5 species concepts?
Biological species concept, phenetic species concept, reproductive competition species concept, evolutionary species concept, and the recognition species concept.
How does Disparity work?
Aspect of biodiversity reflecting morphological differences among species.
What concept applies to asexual reproducing species?
Ecological species concept.
Comparision of mhoperlogical And biological species concept?
Comparision of mhoperlogical And biological species concept
Which concept applies to asexually reproducing species?
some bacteria...
