the.com/genetic diversity
nature's refusal to put all its eggs in one genome.
means the variety of genes within a species or population, which determines how well it can adapt, survive disease, and dodge extinction.
from the concept crystallized in 20th-century population genetics, but the logic is ancient: species that hedged their genetic bets outlived those that didn't, from ice ages to plagues.
cheetahsso inbred they accept skin grafts from strangers
irish potato famineone crop, one blight, one million deaths
seed vaultssvalbard stores crop diversity against doomsday
bananas todaynearly all clones of one vulnerable variety