LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What is the correct defintion of a species?
A
Same type of organisms living in an area.
B
Same type of organisms that can reproduce.
C
Organisms that can reproduce and fertilize offspring.
D
Organisms that can reproduce and have fertile offspring.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -According to the most widely used species definition, the biological species concept, a species is a group of organisms that can potentially interbreed, or mate, with one another to produce viable, fertile offspring. In this definition, members of the same species must have the potential to interbreed.

Detailed explanation-2: -A biological species is a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring.

Detailed explanation-3: -By far the most well-known species concept is the biological species concept, which was proposed by evolutionary biologist Ernst Mayr. The biological species concept states that a species is a group of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations which are reproductively isolated from other such groups.

Detailed explanation-4: -spe·cie ˈspē-shē, -sē : money in coin. Etymology. Noun. from in specie, from Latin, in kind.

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