Please help me understand this sentence
Hi everyone!
I’m studying for TOEFL and I came across a sentence that I can understand it word by word, but have no idea what the whole thing is about. The passage reads:
A biologist defined a species as “an interbreeding population that does not interbreed with other such populations when there is opportunity to do so.”
So basically I can’t figure out 2 things:
1. What does the author mean by “ other such population” ?
2. What does the author mean by “ there’s opportunity to do so.” To do what exactly?
Looking forward for responses!
Thank you in advance!
Top answer
shirinwl 1. What does the author mean by “o ther such population ”? It means other interbreeding populations .
- shirinwl 1.
- What does the author mean by “o ther such population ”?
- It means other interbreeding populations .
- Note that interbreeding means when individuals breed with other individuals from within (not outside) their population.
- shirinwl 2.
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shirinwl1. What does the author mean by “other such population”?
It means other interbreeding populations.
Note that interbreeding means when individuals breed with other individuals from within (not outside) their population.
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0shirinwlA biologist defined a species as “an interbreeding population that does not interbreed with other such populations when there is opportunity to do so.”
It is a definition of the word "species".
Population = a group of individual animals.
other such populations = a different group of individual animals.
interbreed = to mate and prod
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