Question

"a species is a lineage of populations which maintains its identity from other such lineages and which has its own evolutionary tendencies and historical fate." this definition best represents the __________.

Answer 1

This definition best represents the Evolutionary species Concept. From the general lineage concepts species are metapopulations that exchange alleles frequently enough to comprise the same gene pool. A metapopulation is a group of spatially separated populations of the same species that interact at some level.