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Record 1 1997-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

In assembling species accounts, one should appreciate that the biological species concept developed in higher organisms (based on the potential to interbreed) is less applicable to micro-organisms such as bacteria, whose reproductive mechanisms rely less on sex or exclude it altogether.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

Ainsi, lorsqu'on réunit des données sur les espèces, il faut se rappeler que la notion d'espèce biologique élaborée pour les organismes avancés (notion fondée sur la capacité des individus de se croiser entre eux) s'applique difficilement aux microorganismes comme les bactéries, dont les modes de reproduction font moins appel à la sexualité ou sont complètement asexués.

Spanish

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