NEETBotanyThe Living World
In biological terminology, a group of similar organisms which are capable of interbreeding and producing fertile offsprings is called
Options
- ASpecies
- Bgenus
- Ctribe
- Dfamily
Correct answer
A. Species
Step-by-step solution
.The members of the same species can interbreed and produce fertile offspring. Taxonomic studies consider a group of individual organisms with fundamental similarities as a species. One should be able to distinguish one species from the other closely related species based on the distinct morphological differences. Let us consider Mangifera indica, Solanum tuberosum (potato) and Panthera leo (lion). All the three names, indica, tuberosum and leo, represent the specific epithets, while the first words Mangifera, Sola