English Language · Reading Comprehension
What is the intended meaning of the phrase 'evolutionary torpidity' within the context of the passage?
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- 1The period of ecological instability that occurs between the death of an endling and the release of a hybrid.
- 2A conceptual middle ground where a species is functionally absent but remains biologically recoverable through its DNA.✓
- 3A technical failure in cryopreservation where tissues become too damaged for future cloning.
- 4A state of biological stagnation where a species refuses to adapt to new environmental pressures like DDT.
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A conceptual middle ground where a species is functionally absent but remains biologically recoverable through its DNA.
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