Question 8 Try to collect all the currently accepted meanings for the word ‘species’. Discuss with your teacher the meaning of species in case of higher plants and animals on one hand and bacteria on the other hand.
Class XI Biology Chapter - The Living World Page 15
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In biological terms, species is the basic unit of taxonomy. It can be defined as a group of similar organisms capable of interbreeding freely among themselves under natural conditions to produce fertile off springs.
Therefore, a group of similar individuals that are reproductively isolated from other group of individuals form a species.
Species can also be defined as group of individuals that share the same gene pool.
Therefore, a group of similar individuals that are reproductively isolated from other group of individuals form a species.
Species can also be defined as group of individuals that share the same gene pool.
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