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Identify from the following the only taxonomic category that has a real existence.

a)

Genus

b)

Species

c)

Phylum

d)

Kingdom



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Identify from the following the only taxonomic category that has a real existence.

a)

Genus

b)

Species

c)

Phylum

d)

Kingdom

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Answer Key / Explanation : (b) -

(b)

Species is the smallest rank of taxonomic classification modern concept of species is biological species concept (E Mayr; 1942). Mayr defined he species as the group of interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups.

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