Showing posts with label species distinction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label species distinction. Show all posts

Saturday, 5 April 2014

One or two? How to decide how many species you have got

Date:
April 2, 2014

Source:
Pensoft Publishers

Summary:
It is often difficult to decide whether two animals belong to the same or two distinct species. This can be especially challenging for animals which externally look very similar. In a recent study, scientists use genetic data and calls analysis to test if treefrogs from West and Central Africa belong to different or the same species.


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