What is the difference between a breed and a species?
By kamalcpc
@kamalcpc (704)
India
2 responses
@tbomb2002 (269)
• United States
13 Dec 06
As defined by Wikipedia.com,
A species generally consists of all the individual organisms of a natural population which are able to interbreed, generally sharing similar appearance, characteristics and genetics due to having relatively recent common ancestors.
and as defined by Dictionary.com,
A Breed is a relatively homogenous group of animals within a species, developed and maintained by humans.
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