Question

Two populations of birds (one in California, the other in Virginia) appear different from one another with respect to their pattern of coloration, wing shape, and body size. However, when the phylogenetic species concept (as presented in class rather than by our textbook authors) is applied, the bird populations are placed in the same species. Based on that information, what must be true:Answerneither bird population has a fixed unique combination of character states relative to all other populations in that same species the populations are not reproductively isolated from one another (i.e. inter-breeding between them results in fertile offspring)both populations together form a monophyletic group