Identifying / Naming / Classsifying Species

Question 1

What is the Biological Species Concept?

Answer 1

Organisms that are able to interbreed and create viable offspring are species (babies that can create more babies)

Question 2

What is the Phylogenetic Species Concept?

Answer 2

The relatedness of organisms based on DNA analysis. *Phylogeny = evolution / ancestors of an organism.

Question 3

Advantages and Disadvantages of Morphological Species?

Answer 3

A- Simplicity makes most widely used (easy)

D- Challenge to decide differences

Question 4

Advantages and Disadvantages of Biological Species?

Answer 4

A- Widely used by scientists ~focuses on characteristics + ability to interbreed
D- Cannot be applied in all cases

Question 5

Advantages and Disadvantages of Phylogenetic Species?

Answer 5

A- Can be applied to extinct species, considers more in-depth info
D- Evolutionary histories are not known for all species

Question 6

What is the Morphological Species Concept?

Answer 6

Organisms that share similar morphology are a species (body shape, size, other features)