Places that have species found nowhere else and are under great threat of destruction are called biodiversity

___________, and these areas take priority in worldwide conservation efforts. Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


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The following are all main points of the article Seaweeds and Medicine, except:

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a. detect coarse perception of movement. b. detect very dim light. c. detect changes in light intensity across the visual field in dark places. d. contain disks packed with the visual pigment rhodopsin. e. detect bright light.

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Which gland is the remnant of the "third eye"?

a. pineal b. pituitary c. thyroid d. parathyroid e. thymus

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