Artificial selection

Question 1

What are the steps of artificial selection?

Answer 1

1 Humans choose a desirable trait
2 Individuals showing that trairt are bred
3 Offsprings with that trait are kept for breeding
4 Repeat

Question 2

What’s inbreeding?

Answer 2

It’s the breeding of close relatives (generally to keep desirable traits)

Question 3

What’s outbreeding?

Answer 3

It’s the breeding of unrelated individuals(generally to combine both of their good traits)

Question 4

What are the diferences between artificial and natural selection

Answer 4

Selective agent: Human vs Environment
Organisms diferent from native species vs biodiversity
No new species vs new species
Inbreeding vs Outbreeding
Loss of vigour vs Hybrid vigour
Fast process vs slow process
Low proportion of heterozygous vs high proportion of heterozygous