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Describe the concept of species.
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Explanation:
The biological species concept defines a species as members of populations that actually or potentially interbreed in nature, not according to similarity of appearance. Although appearance is helpful in identifying species, it does not define species. ... Organisms may look different and yet be the same species.
Answer:
Species is the basic unit of classification. Species is a Latin word meaning 'kind' or 'appearence'.
Dovelopment of concept of species:
'John Ray' in his book 'Historia generalis plantarum' used the term species for the first time.
'Linnaeus' considered species as basic unit of classification in his book 'Systema Naturae'.
'Buffon' in his book 'Natural history' proposed the idea of evolution of species which is the foundation of biological concept of evolution.
Buffon's biological concept of species explains that species is an interbreeding group of similar individuals sharing common gene pool and producing fertile offspring. Species considered as a group of individuals which are
- A breeding unit
- An ecological unit
- A genetic unit
- An evolutionary unit
'Dobzhansky' introduced the concept of 'Mendelian population' while defining a species.
'Charles Darwin' written a book 'The origin of species' about biological concept of species.