单词 | genetic diversity |
释义 | genetic diversitygeˌnetic diˈversity noun [uncountable] science, biology the fact that there are many slightly different genetic types within a group of organisms (=living creatures) that are very similar in most ways, which helps the organism to be able to stay alive in a particular area, because, for example, if a disease kills some of the types it will not kill all of them: The Irish potato famine was probably caused by the lack of genetic diversity in the potato crop. |
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