The evolutionary species concept states that for a population to be declared a separate species:a

it must have diverged significantly from other populations.
b. it must be morphologically different from any other population.
c. it must not interbreed with any other population.
d. it must occupy a different niche than any other population.
e. it must have undergone natural selection sometime in its history


A

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