Simple bio!!!! ............ help needed?

Question

what r the different meanings of the word 'species'?

wat can species mean?

Answer 1

Well, in biology it is a taxanomic group of organisms that can reproduce with each other.

That's the only meaning I know.

Answer 2

Species: The members, in aggregate, of a group of populations that interbreed or potentially interbreed under natural conditions

Species: A reproductively isolated aggregate of interbreeding populations

Species: In the sense of biological species, the members in aggregate of a group of populations that interbreed or potentially interbreed under natural conditions; a complex concept.  Also, a basic taxonomic category to which individual specimens are assigned, which often but not always corresponds to the biological species.

Species: A species is a group of populations whose evolutionary pathway is distinct and independent from that of other groups; a distinct and independent path is achieved by the group's reproductive isolation from other groups.

Answer 3

A fundamental category of taxonomic classification, ranking below a genus or subgenus and consisting of related organisms capable of interbreeding.

An organism belonging to such a category, represented in binomial nomenclature by an uncapitalized Latin adjective or noun following a capitalized genus name, as in Ananas comosus, the pineapple, and Equus caballus, the horse.

Follow these links to get more information about species:

1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species

2) http://www.answers.com/topic/species?cat...

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