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Gene banks are a means of preserving genetic material, be it plant or animal. In plants, this could be freezing cuts from the plant, or the seeds themselves.
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Gene Bank, term applied to a facility where plant genes are stored, usually in the form of seeds but also as whole plants, pollen, and cell cultures. Gene banks provide a broad range of plant genes from which breeders can develop new plant varieties with desired characteristics such as higher yield and better resistance to disease and weather. To this end, breeders should have as large a variety of plant genes as possible. The need for such gene banks increases as agricultural lands impinge further upon undeveloped areas, with subsequent loss of species and strains of wild plants.
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