Ex Situ Conservation

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What is the purpose of zoological parks and botanical gardens?

  • To preserve gametes of threatened species
  • To propagate plants using tissue culture methods
  • To maintain animals that have become extinct in the wild
  • To protect and give special care to threatened animals and plants (correct)

Which of the following is an example of ex situ conservation?

  • Preserving gametes of threatened species (correct)
  • Keeping threatened animals in their natural habitat
  • Fertilizing eggs in vitro
  • Propagating plants using tissue culture methods

What can be kept for long periods in seed banks?

  • Eggs fertilized in vitro
  • Threatened animals
  • Seeds of different genetic strains of commercially important plants (correct)
  • Gametes of threatened species

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