Question

Give the biological definition of species and explain using two examples why it cannot be applied to all living organisms.

Answer 1

In. Biology classification an Page 1 basie a species is the unit of the and a taxonomie crank of organism. taxon a group of organisms Stres success fully inter bread as A species that can festile and produce offspring Example Homo sapiens → genus Species

Page 2 concept According if they can the bio logical species to Or rganisms belong to the interbreed to produce viable from one and same species fer lile offspring. by prezygotie Species are seperated another which prevent post. / zygo sie barries production fertile offspring. mating the of riable male dankey hey brid perfectly healthy old age ic and can not For example When a female horse and called mate they produce offspring mules. Although amule and can live to it is in terlile beet, a ripe Because have its own offspring this horse and lonkey separate species. Seientific of horse and donkey are Equus Caballas and Equus asinus same respectively. The Equus but speeies is different name a The is genus continent of water various geographic changes such as movement e formation of mountalnes Islands, bodies changes the distribution of species population and produces new species from existing species. Seperation of a specics from for geographie Isolation divergent. As they diverge, the groups may enolive traits that acts as a prezy gobie and post 2y go sie behri barriers to reproduction. causes genetic

grand Colorado Page 3 canyon was gradually Carred by Betare it formed only one species piners. of squirrel inhabited the area. do. Due to this insident it become too diffealt geographical change sq uirrles to travel for and south between north sides on the north and south . sides isolated species The squirral squirrels were reproductively from one another and diverged into diffcerent Harris's antelope squirrel (Ammospermophilus .) and white-tailed antelope squirrel ( Ammospermophilus beu cuius ): harrisii all living organism are not That why belong to the same species.
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