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27 September, 15:22

Why does ernst mayr's biological species concept not apply to archaea and bacteria?

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  1. 27 September, 18:00
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    This is because Bacteria and Archaea don't reproduce sexually.

    Ernst Mayr defined a species as:

    "species are groups of interbreeding natural populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups."

    Bacteria reproduce through binary fission, a form of asexual reproduction.

    Archaea also reproduce asexually by binary fission, fragmentation, or budding.
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