Ultimately, however, conservation of genes and of species depends on protection of habitats. These are integrated systems of life, because the interdependence that makes nature so prolific cannot be preserved by protecting a few "national treasure" species or by having a lab full of disembodied genes. But, says Y.S.
生物基因的高附價值使之成為燙手問題，但基因與物種保護的成敗，最終都依賴大環境，也就是棲息地保育的成績而定，因為生態的完整性不能只依賴幾種「國寶」，光靠實驗室裡的基因也無法撐起龐大的生命花園。