9E Selective Breeding

Question 1

Artificial Selection vs Natural Selction

Answer 1

• Artificial Selection acts to decrease a populations genetic diversity even more than Natural Selection
• Due to the fewer selecting agents than operating on a natural environment

Question 2

Elements of Natural Selection

Answer 2

• Reducd genetic diversity = increased inbreeding = increased prevelence of deleterious alleles and lower adaptive potential, making the population more susceptiable to disease of other selection pressures
• Reduces the potential of a population to evolve by Natural Selection