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Nicotiana sylvestris flowers only during long days while N.tabacum flowers only during short days. Under different photoperiods, they can be induced to flower at the same time and can be cross-fertilized to produce self-fertile offsprings. What is the best reason for considering Nicotiana sylvestris and N.tabacum as separate species?

Options :

  1. They are reproductively distinct

  2. They are physiologically different

  3. They fail to interbreed in nature

  4. They are distinct morphologically

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Answer :

They fail to interbreed in nature

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