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Genus represents...

Genus represents

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an individual planrt or animal

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a collection of plants or animals

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group of closely related species of plants or animals

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none of these

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Genus refers to a taxonomic category which comprises a group of closely related plants and animals. E.g., Panthera leo is lion. Panthera is genus which has less common characters than species.
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