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INHERITANCE VARIATION AND EVOLUTION - Selective Breeding Flashcards

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Selective Breeding

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Process by which humans breed plants and animals with particular desirable genetic characteristics

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What Does Selective Breeding Involve?

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  1. Choose parents that best show desired characteristic
  2. Breed them together
  3. From offspring again choose those with desired characteristic and breed
  4. Continue over many generations
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Inbreeding

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Some breeds are particularly prone to disease or inherited defects

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