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In India, we find mangoes with different flavours, colours, fibre content , sugar content and even shelf-life. The large variation is on account of

A

species diversity

B

induced mutations

C

genetic diversity

D

hybridisation

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C
India has `1, 000` varieties of mango. This is due to the genetic diversity i.e., a singles show high diversity at the genetic level over its distributional range.
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