Artificial and Natural Selection

Population refers to the group of all individuals belonging to a species that live in a particular area and interbreed with one another to form offspring.

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Artificial selection occurs without human intervention.

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Selective breeding can lead to the domestication of animals.

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Only animals are selectively bred.

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A cow needs to be selectively bred before it produces milk.

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Natural selection leads to no noticeable change in the traits of populations.

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Over the centuries, artificial selection has served as the primary principle behind selective breeding used to produce new varieties of plants and animals.

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Survival of the fittest accurately describes natural selection.

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Genetic change happens due to a failed adaptation.

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On the down side, artificial selection may cause negative alteration in the population genetics of the species by allowing some traits to dominate in high frequency.

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