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A species was defined as a population of interbreeding individuals and reproductively isolated from other populations by

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Charles Darwin

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J.B. Lamarck

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Carolus Linnaeus

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Ernst Mayr

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The correct option is D Ernst Mayr
Ernst Mayr defined species as a population of interbreeding individuals reproductively isolated from other populations.

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