22.3 Flashcards
1
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biological species concept
A
“groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations which are reproductively isolated from each other such groups”
2
Q
complications to the biological species concept
A
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
3
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phylogenetic species concept
A
proposes that term “species” should only be applied to groups of populations that have been evoolving independtly form other groups of populations