Two individual organisms belong to the same species if they can:
Correct answer: D. Produce fertile offspring
- A. Interbreed
- B. Reproduce
- C. Produce sterile offspring
- D. Produce fertile offspring
Explanation
Answer is "Species"Explanation: A species is a group of natural population which can interbreed freely among themselves and produce fertile offspring, but are reproductively isolated from all other such groups in nature. So mere interbreeding and reproduction is not enough to be a species as occurs in horse and donkey, both belong to differents species but they can interbreed and produce mule.
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