Link: https://evolution.berkeley.edu/biological-species-concept/
Description: WEBBiological species concept. 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.
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Link: https://bio.libretexts.org/Courses/University_of_California_Davis/BIS_2B%3A_Introduction_to_Biology_-_Ecology_and_Evolution/02%3A_Biodiversity/2.01%3A_Species_Concepts
Description: WEBA species concept is, therefore, a working definition of a species and/or a methodology for determining whether or not two organisms are members of the same species. In this section, we will consider three species concepts that are commonly used by scientists.
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Link: https://www.bioexplorer.net/biological-species-concept.html/
Description: WEBJul 9, 2023 · Taxonomy, or the science that deals with the identification, naming, describing, and classifying living organisms, traces its principles from the biological species concept. Applying the definition of a species becomes essential in the field as it sets parameters of how to classify each organism.
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Link: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-biology/natural-selection/speciation/a/species-speciation
Description: WEBThe biological species concept defines a species as a group of individuals living in one or more populations that can potentially interbreed to produce healthy, fertile offspring. Other species concepts exist and may be more useful for certain types of organisms.
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Link: https://bio.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_and_General_Biology/Map%3A_Raven_Biology_12th_Edition/22%3A_The_Origin_of_Species/22.01%3A_The_Nature_of_Species_and_the_Biological_Species_Concept/22.1.02%3A_Formation_of_New_Species/22.1.2.1%3A_The_Biological_Species_Concept
Description: WEBA species is a group of individual organisms that interbreed and produce fertile, viable offspring. According to this definition, one species is distinguished from another when, in nature, it is not possible for matings between individuals …
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Link: https://www.britannica.com/science/species-taxon
Description: WEBFeb 27, 2024 · species, in biology, classification comprising related organisms that share common characteristics and are capable of interbreeding. This biological species concept is widely used in biology and related fields of study. There are more than 20 other different species concepts, however.
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Link: https://www.nature.com/scitable/definition/species-312/
Description: WEBA biological species is a group of organisms that can reproduce with one another in nature and produce fertile offspring. Species are characterized by the fact that they are reproductively...
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Link: https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-319-47829-6_1308-1
Description: WEBSep 9, 2017 · Understanding the concept of species is important both because species are the units of comparison across different biological disciplines including behavior, evolution, genetics, ecology, anatomy, development, and molecular biology, and because it plays an important role for the formulation of environmental law and ecological …
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Link: https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/56/6/879/1653163
Description: WEBDec 1, 2007 · According to various authors, species are one of the fundamental units of biology, making them comparable in importance to genes, cells, and organisms, some of the fundamental units at lower levels of biological organization (e.g., Mayr, 1982; see also de Queiroz, 2005a ).
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Link: https://mallet.oeb.harvard.edu/files/malletlab/files/mallet_et_al._2022_enc_biodiv_species_concepts.pdf?m=1643831266
Description: WEBIntroduction: What are Species Concepts for? 3 Statement of Bias 3 Darwinian Species Criteria 3 Darwin's Morphological Species Criterion 3 Polytypic Species 4 The Rephilosophization of Species, the “Interbreeding” Concept 4 Alternative Species Concepts 5 Ecological Species Concept 5 Recognition Concept of Species 5 …
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