22.3 Flashcards

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biological species concept

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“groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations which are reproductively isolated from each other such groups”

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complications to the biological species concept

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sometimes individuals we have classified as separate species WILL mate and produce fertile intermediate offspring
*does not apply to asexual organims
hybridization is incredibily common between plant species

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phylogenetic species concept

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proposes that term “species” should only be applied to groups of populations that have been evoolving independtly form other groups of populations

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