The world's wild species represent a warehouse of genetic diversity of instrumental value commonly called
A) the genetic bank.
B) the agricultural genome project.
C) a genome center.
D) a chromosome concentration.
A
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b. residents primarily of the disphotic zone. c. heterotrophs. d. the base of the marine food web.
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