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Question
Brinjal and potato belong to the same genus Solanum, but to two different species. What defines them as seperate species?
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Solution
“Species is a group of potentially interbreeding groups that are reproductively isolated from other such groups”. Brinjal and potato belong to the same genus Solarium, but to two different species as they are reproductively isolated.
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