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Article: So, what is a species? Richard Butler searches for a hard-and-fast rule to classify species and geni. (News Feature).
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- Chemistry and Industry
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- June 2, 2003
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Chimpanzees are our brothers rather than our distant cousins. Now, scientists say that chimpanzees are not just in the same family as humans, Hominidae, they are also in the same genus, Homo, one we have had to ourselves for a long time. (1) Chimpanzees certainly have not changed, and nor have we. But, the way we classify ourselves and other animals has. Scientists no longer depend on physical characteristics to identify a species. Now, genes can also be used to make classifications. But new technology means that these genes can be moved around. So what happens if you put the genes from one species into another, Is rabbit with glowing jellyfish genes a fluffy jellyfish, a ...
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