Understanding the historical sources of the species' genetic diversity had a range of contemporary applications, he said.

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The reason for all this activity is widely believed to be that because sex produces genetic diversity, it protects a species against environmental fluctuations and, in particular, against parasites.

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Europe is home to a rich diversity of native mammal species ranging from the small such as shrews and voles, to the large such as wolves and brown bears. to the enormous -- in the case of the 70-ton North Atlantic Right Whale.

CNN: All creatures great, small and disappearing

Cary Fowler of the Global Crop Diversity Trust laid out a compelling case to do more to protect endangered food species in advent of climate change, especially in South Asia, where the environment is anticipated to be most fragile.

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Measuring bacterial diversity in genes rather than species makes sense because it is no longer obvious exactly what constitutes a bacterial species.

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Over the past four years, WildEarth Guardians and another environmental group, the Center for Biological Diversity, have filed petitions to add more than a thousand plants and plants to the endangered species list.

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To Roberts, Lake Zakher has reliably proved something of a birdwatcher's paradise, with herons, flamingos and stilts among the rich diversity of species drawn to this rare water source.

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