Which one of the following is defined as a natural biological unit tie

Which one of the following is defined as a natural biological unit tied together by the sharing of a common gene pool?

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Vegetation

Flora

Fauna

Species

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UPSC Geoscientist – 2023

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A species is defined as a natural biological unit tied together by the sharing of a common gene pool.

In biology, a species is typically defined as a group of organisms that can interbreed in nature and produce fertile offspring. This reproductive isolation maintains the gene pool of the species as a distinct unit. Vegetation refers to the plant life of a region, Flora refers specifically to the plant species, and Fauna refers to the animal species. None of these represent a single biological unit defined by a shared gene pool in the same way as a species.

There are various concepts of species (e.g., biological species concept, morphological species concept, phylogenetic species concept), but the biological species concept, based on reproductive isolation and a shared gene pool, is widely used, especially for sexually reproducing organisms.

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