What Is the Best Strategy for Preserving Biodiversity

question 50

Multiple Choice

What is the best strategy for preserving biodiversity?

• A) to depend on the Endangered Species Act to produce its intended consequences
• B) to prevent inbreeding in small populations
• C) to use genetic engineering to create new combinations of genes
• D) to prevent species from becoming endangered in the first place

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Definitions:

Viral Replication

The process by which viruses reproduce by infiltrating host cells and using their machinery to create copies of themselves.

Biological Evolution

The process by which living organisms are thought to have developed and diversified from earlier forms during the history of the earth.

Chemical Evolution

Chemical evolution refers to the process by which simple chemical compounds present in the Earth's early environment underwent complex interactions leading to the formation of more complex molecules, including the precursors of life.

Metabolic Pathway

Series of linked reactions, beginning with a particular reactant and terminating with an end product.