Attempt giving a clear definition of the term species. - Vidyadip

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Attempt giving a clear definition of the term species.

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Species is a interbreeding group of individuals separated from other species by reproductive isolation. Those smaller group of species which are geographically separated but are genetically similar and interbreed, are called demes. Similarly, the smaller group of individuals with genetic dissimilarities and are also geographically separated all called races and when two species which are morphological similar but cannot interbreed all said to be sibling species.

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