India grows thousands of different varieties of rice, each with slightly different grains and tolerances. This is an example of

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All rice varieties belong to one species; they differ in their genes.
Variation within a single species is genetic diversity.

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Species diversity would be many different species, such as rice, wheat and maize.

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India grows thousands of different varieties of rice, each with slightly different grains and tolerances. This is an example of

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