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Biodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Issues — BIOLOGY STD 12 Science — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 ScienceBIOLOGYBiodiversity, Conservation and Environmental Issues2 Marks
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How does genetic diversity affect sustenance of a species?
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Answer

  1. Genetic diversity develops the capability of the species to adapt to the varying changes in the environment.
  2. The large variation of the different gene sets allows an individual or the whole population to have the capacity to endure environmental stress in any form.
  3. Some individuals have, a better capacity to endure the increasing pollution in the environment whereas some do not have it.
  4. Those that do not have show infertility or even death from the same conditions.
  5. Those who are able to endure and adapt to this change survive and live in a better way.
  6. This is called natural selection which leads to a loss of genetic diversity in particular habitats.
  7. Thus, due to genetic diversity can affect sustenance of some species.

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