A species consists of
A) all the populations of different organisms that live together in a particular area.
B) all the populations found in a community.
C) a group of individuals of the same type of organism that share a common genome.
D) all the populations found in an ecosystem.
E) a group of individual organisms in an area that do not interact.

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A species is defined as a group of individuals of the same type of organism that share a common genome. This distinguishes them from other species that have different gene pools. Therefore, option C is the correct choice. Option A, B, and D describe different levels of ecological organization, while option E describes a group of individual organisms that do not interact, which does not fit the definition of a species.

A Species Consists of