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Well there are plenty of other cases where we are completely comfortable calling them distinct species, even though we know they can interbreed. The term "spec
by rossdavidh 6y ago
Well there are plenty of other cases where we are completely comfortable calling them distinct species, even though we know they can interbreed. The term "species" is certainly fuzzier than we were taught in school in the 70's, but it's not as if biologists have stopped using the concept.
- catalogia 6y agoRing species are an interesting case to consider, in which A and B can interbreed, and B and C can interbreed, but A and C cannot. Gene transfer between A and C remains possible, but indirect. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_species https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ring_species