Artificial Selection/ Selective breeding

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1. The process of choosing parent organisms for desired characteristics is called

• natural selection

• Artificial selection

• random selection

• genetic manipulation

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1. Artificial selection has been a big factor in the evolution of:

• Dogs

• Panda bears

• Snakes

• Jellyfish

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Process by which individuals that are better suited to their environment survive and reproduce most successfully; also called natural selection.

• Survival of the Fittest
• Extinction
• Derived trait
• Artificial Selection

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Predict which moth would increase in population

• light 
• dark

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Selective breeding

• Has been used to improve domestic plants and animals for human benefit so that they may provide larger quantities of food or better quality

• Help organisms survive

• Helps organisms reproduce

• Acts on an organism’s phenotype, or observable characteristics, but it is the organism’s genotype (genetic makeup) that is inherited

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Selective breeding

• A bird with hollow bones

• A bunny has long ears

• Cow that produces more milk

• Flowers produce seeds

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Whats another way to say selective breeding

• Selective generation

• Natural selection

• Artificial selection

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The primary difference natural and artificial selection is

• In nature selection the “pressure” comes from the environment; In artificial selection the “pressure” comes from humans (or another species).

• In artificial selection the “pressure” comes from the environment; In natural selection the “pressure” comes from humans (or another species).

• Natural selections is when humans breed the animal; Artificial selection is when humans direct genes directly.

• They are different terms for the same concept.