Two insect groups vary genetically by two genes. When put together, they were able to reproduce and produce offspring that could also breed. Which best describes this insect population?

A common way to define a species is as a group whose members can reproduce with one another and produce fertile offspring. These insect groups can do both, so they are best described as the same species. Differences in two genes do not by themselves make them different species.

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