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NEET2011BotanyBiodiversity and its ConservationActual

Biodiversity of a geographical region represents

Options

  1. Aendangered species found in the region
  2. Bthe diversity in the organism living in the region
  3. Cgenetic diversity present in the dominant species of the region
  4. Dspecies endemic to the region

Correct answer

B. the diversity in the organism living in the region

Step-by-step solution

Biodiversity is the term popularised by the sociobiologist Edward Wilson to describe the combined diversity at all the levels of biological organisation. The most important of them are genetic diversity, species diversity and ecological diversity.

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