Genetic Diversity: Wildlife, especially wild relatives of crop plants, carries unique genes for disease resistance, drought tolerance, and pest resilience. When wildlife is destroyed, these "wild genes" are lost forever, making it impossible for scientists to use them to improve domestic crops or medicine. Other options: While deforestation (which leads to wildlife destruction) causes soil erosion , floods , and the greenhouse effect , these are primarily consequences of losing vegetation, whereas the most direct biological impact of losing the animals and plant species themselves is the loss of their genetic potential

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