Genetic Diversity

Each member of any animal or plant species differs widely from other individuals in its genetic makeup,owing to the large number of combinitions possible in the genes that give every individual specific its charecterstics.Thus,for example,each human being population of a species.If the number of breeding individuals is reduced,the dissimilary of genetic makeup is reduced and in-breeding occurs.This leads to genetic anomalies and eventually ,to the extinction of that particular species .The diversity in wild species forms the'gene pool' from which our crops and domestic animals have been developed over thousands of Years.Today,the variety of natur's bounty is being further expoited by using wild relatives to create new varieties of more productive,disease-resistant crops and to breed superior domestic animals .Modem biotechnology also manipulates genes to develop better types types of medicins and a variety of industrial products.