Ex situ conservation is used for the conservation of

Options

A. all plants
B. all animals
C. threatened animals and plants
D. both (a) and (b)

Answer

C

Explanation

Ex situ (off site) conservation is conservation of selected rare plants`//`animals in places outside their natural homes. It is a desirable approach to save threatened or endangered plant or animal species from extinction. Ex situ conservation includes offsite collections, gene banks, in vitro fertilisation, cryopreservation techniques and tissue calture.