In reassessing the biological species concept (BSC), the central disagreement is whether the concept of species should be linked to the process of species formation. Here, we argue that species should be, and can only be, defined in the context of the process of speciation. By evaluating BSC this way, we find the large body of genomic evidence on ‘speciation with gene flow’ does not constitute sufficient evidence to reject BSC. Whether and how BSC should be continually re-examined in light of the genomic evidence will be the crux of the debate on species and their origin.

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在重新评估生物物种概念（BSC）时，核心分歧是物种概念是否应该与物种形成过程联系起来。在这里，我们认为物种应该而且只能在物种形成过程的背景下定义。通过以这种方式评估 BSC，我们发现大量关于“基因流形成”的基因组证据并不足以构成拒绝 BSC 的证据。是否以及如何根据基因组证据不断重新审查生物安全卡将成为物种及其起源争论的关键。