Principles of Biology
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 47.1, Problem 1TYK
In 1977, Rafael Guzman, a Mexican biologist, discovered a previously unknown wild relative of corn that is resistant to many of the viral diseases that infect domestic corn. Agriculturalists believe crossbreeding could improve current corn crops. In this case, biodiversity is important at which level?
- ecosystem
- community
- species
- both a and b
- genetic
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