Does genomic selection counterproductive to the maintenance of global biodiversity?

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Genomic selection naturally accelerates the genetic improvement of the trait of interest. Is this practice makes a real threat to golbal biodiversity?

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Genomic selection is one of the various tools applied in animal and plant breeding practices and all these methods threaten biodiversity unless handled systematically.

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