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    It is not the case that The HPC account grounds species membership in clustered intrinsic biological properties that causally sustain each other.

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    • 1.Many sexually reproducing species show significant trait variation within populations, challenging the 'clustering' assumption.
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    • 2.Distinguishing causal sustenance from correlation requires evidence beyond observable clustering; the HPC account often conflates them.
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    • 3.Horizontal gene transfer, ring species, and asexual organisms undermine any single account grounding all species membership uniformly.
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    • 1.Biological species exhibit stable clusters of morphological, genetic, and physiological traits that reliably co-occur across populations.
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    • 2.These clustered properties causally sustain each other through developmental and evolutionary feedback mechanisms, not mere correlation.
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    • 3.This account avoids arbitrary boundaries while explaining why species are natural kinds, not purely conventional categories.
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