Hybridization and Extinction
By Donald Levin
In protecting rare species, conservationists should consider the dangers of interbreeding, which compound the more well-known threats to wildlife
This Article From Issue
May-June 2002
Volume 90, Number 3
Page 254
DOI: 10.1511/2002.9.254
The world is awash in biological diversity. Yet even the least discerning observer will notice that the diversity of life is not a random sampling of all possible biological characteristics. You cannot find, say, organisms that are half sunflowers and half camels.
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