More on classification
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- More on Classification
- Organisms are the same species if they can interbreed to produce fertile offspring.
- Accurate classification isn't always easy because...
- 2. If one species interbreeds with another you produce a hybrid and these can be fertile.
- 1. Not all organisms interbreed like the species definition says - some reproduce asexually but they are still the same species.
- 3. Member of the same species are expected to look similar but there can be a lot of variation within a species.
- 4. A ring species is a group of related populations that live in neighbouring areas.
- Those that live next to each other can interbreed and produce fertile offspring but those that live further away can't.
- It is therefore difficult to tell whether these population are different species..
- Those that live next to each other can interbreed and produce fertile offspring but those that live further away can't.
- In the binomial system each species is given a two part Latin name. The first part refers to the genus and the seconds part refers to the species.
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