I'm facing a problem
 
>Sarah Watson wrote:
 
> A species is defined as a population or a group of populations whom exhibit
>similar characteristics,and interbreed with each other, producing
>viable,fertile offspring.  The key word is Fertile!
 
> Population.... A number of individuals of the same species that occupy the
>same area.
 
In those definition my basic problem is that a species is defined in
reference to population and a population is defined in reference to
species. A vicious circle?
 
Janine
 
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