Biodiversity the full range of variety within and among genes, species, and ecosystems of the world.
Ecosystem a dynamic complex of living organizations and their nonliving environment interacting as a functional unit.
Endemic found only in a specified locality.
Ex situ conservation conservation of elements of biodiversity outside their natural habitat.
Gene the functional unit of hereditary found in the DNA molecule; it is responsible for inherited characteristics of organisms....
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