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Define the terms (i) Bioprospecting (ii) Endemism

(i) Bioprospecting – it is the process of discovery for plants and animals species from which medical drugs and other commercially valuable compounds can be obtained.
(ii) Endemism – It is the ecological state of a species being unique to a defined geographical location, organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it they are found elsewhere.

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