What did Mayr's work help solve?
Species problem
Energy problem
Climate problem
Pollution problem
Answer
Mayr's work helped solve the "species problem," which was the difficulty in defining what a species is. Mayr proposed the Biological Species Concept, which defines species as groups of interbreeding populations that are reproductively isolated from other such groups. This concept has been widely accepted and has helped to clarify the concept of a species.
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