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4 February, 08:26

You are confronted with a box of preserved grasshoppers of various species that are new to science and have

not been described. Your assignment is to separate them into species. There is no accompanying information as

to where or when they were collected. Which species concept will you have to use?

A) biological

B) phylogenetic

C) ecological

D) morphological

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  1. 4 February, 08:37
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    The correct answer will be option-D

    Explanation:

    The morphological species concept is the concept which defines the species based on the morphological characters.

    The species which can be grouped or organised on the basis of the morphological traits including the anatomy of the organisms arr called morphospecies and the concept is known as a morphological concept.

    In the given question, since there is no information available for the collected grasshoppers, therefore, the biologist will classify the grasshopper species by studying the morphological characters of the species.

    Thus, option-D is the correct answer.
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