Artificial Selection

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

• natural selection

• Artificial selection

• random selection

• genetic manipulation

What is an example of artificial selection?

• Letting dogs choose their own mate

• Letting plants pollinate on their own

• Crossing a labrador and a poodle to create a labradoodle

A characteristic of an organism; can be genetic or acquired

• Inherited trait

• Trait

• Favorable trait

• Phenotype

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The basic physical and functional unit of heredity made up of DNA

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Gene

• Inherited trait

A characteristic that is passed from parent to offspring

• Favorable trait

• Inherited trait

• Trait

• Genotype

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The direct manipulation of genetic material to alter the hereditary traits of a cell, organism, or population

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Genetic Engineering

• Selective Breeding

Process by which organisms with favorable traits produce more successful offspring than organisms with less-favorable traits, causing the favorable traits to become more common in the population

• Selective breeding

• Natural selection

• Genotype

• Phenotype

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The physical expression of a gene or set of genes; the appearance of an organism

• Genotype

• Phenotype

• Inherited trait

• Trait

A trait that is beneficial to an organism and will likely be chosen by natural selection

• Genotype

• Gene

• Favorable trait

• Inherited trait

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A form of artificial selection where humans deliberately breed plants and animals for desired traits

• Genetic engineering

• selective breeding

• natural selection

• Pedigree