• DOI:10.1351/pac199870112079
Corpus ID: 27867275

Biodiversity and intraspecific genetic variation

@article{Ramel1998BiodiversityAI,
  title={Biodiversity and intraspecific genetic variation},
  author={C. Ramel},
  journal={Pure and Applied Chemistry},
  year={1998},
  volume={70},
  pages={2079 - 2084}
}

• C. Ramel
• Published 1998
• Chemistry
• Pure and Applied Chemistry

Biodiversity is mostly discussed at the level of species, but genetic variation within species may be as important as variation between species. It enables organisms to adapt to environmental changes. The requirement for genetic variation differs however widely between species and groups of species. Animal species at the top of the food web, such as large carnivorous mammals, tend to have a remarkably small genetic variation, presumably due to a constant ecological niche. Many other organisms… Expand